Comments on: Tizen vs Firefox OS vs Ubuntu: Battle for Fourth Place

By: A

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:08:00 +0000

Tizen nature language is C/C++ and HTML5/JavaScript/CSS.

Based on multi-core ARM or x86 processors.
HD display and …

By: Ryan Northrup

Ryan Northrup — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:43:00 +0000

I follow GNU/Linux in general, not Ubuntu specifically.

By: Abhilash Nanda

Abhilash Nanda — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:02:00 +0000

And thus you follow Ubuntu… :)

By: Hal Motley

Hal Motley — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:05:00 +0000

I remember when I had an iPhone 3GS which was considered fast and had only a single-core CPU and 256MB of RAM, times change eh?

Ultimately I don’t like Firefox OS and prefer Ubuntu Touch for two reasons:

1. The UI is a ugly mixture of iOS, Android and something else.

2. Only HTML5 works on Firefox OS while on Ubuntu there are native C++/QML applications that can take real advantage of the hardware.

And that’s before the cool stuff like desktop convergence. I can see myself keeping an old Android phone just to run Ubuntu. :-)

By: Ryan Northrup

Ryan Northrup — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:05:00 +0000

Wait, Ubuntu has more of an open nature than Firefox OS? I’m throwing my [citation needed] flag on this one; actually being open about things hasn’t been Canonical’s strong point as of late.

By: Andrew Grush

Andrew Grush — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:49:00 +0000

You are 100% correct John, and I should have been clearer.

I meant scalable UI, in other words it changes (scales if you will) to fit the platform on hand.

On phone it has phone UI, plug into a tablet base (if such ever exists) and it gives it the tablet UI, put keyboard/mouse/monitor with phone and it gives you PC UI. It is the same OS though in all forms (at the core and app levels, etc). It is similar in concept to Windows 8 but yes, takes the approach much further.

That’s what I meant by scalable, but again I probably could have been clearer so for that I apologize.

I absolutely love the idea of Ubuntu on mobiles but it isn’t there just yet. Tested on my Nexus 7, has bugs — but they will get them worked out I’m sure. My PC is also a Windows/Ubuntu dual-boot.

Anyhow, thanks for commenting! :)

By: John Wells

John Wells — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:26:00 +0000

I think you miss the point with Ubuntu OS is that — according to my understanding — it is not just “scalable” — it is the full OS. Plug the phone into a bigger monitor and it is the full desktop OS. A Windows 8-like approach, but arguably nicer.