South Africa: Ubuntu Coming to Phones

press release

South Africa's super-entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth is planning to bring his Ubuntu operating system (OS) to smartphones, allowing the little devices to work as fully functional Ubuntu desktops when docked and connected to a monitor and keyboard.

Shuttleworth, known since April 2002 as Africa's first space tourist, is the founder and former CEO of Canonical, a London-based open-source software developer with offices in seven countries including China and Taiwan, although it operates in over 30 countries. He started development of Ubuntu after he came back down to earth, and released the first version in October 2004.

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