<div dir="ltr">Theoretically, it should be feasible, as you just need a cross-toolchain. Maybe think more of the usability - the Ubuntu Desktop Experience as on the desktop is just not the same on a phone which is 20x slower... but most applications for ubuntu don't cope well with the screen restrictions given on a mobile phone. In addition to that, how would a desktop distribution react to an incoming phone call/SMS ? <div>
<br></div><div>Hopefully you see the problem arising - having a linux kernel underneath does not necessarily mean that you need to put a ([K]Ubuntu|Debian|Suse|Redhat|....) distribution on top. You really want something which fits nicely. Please recall also the *nix-way of thinking: do one thing, but do it well. So the advice to existing distributions who think of porting over to mobile devices - first bring up a separate mobile environment concept (including power settings, fragile/temporary/slow network connections, reduced screen size, reduced computational power & disk space) before starting to port over. </div>
<div><br></div><div></rant>,</div><div><br></div><div>Peter</div><div><br></div><div>Now for </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/9/11 sparky mat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:max@sparkymat.net">max@sparkymat.net</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Is Ubuntu headed to the 1973/Freerunner? I see that they have ported it to ARMv5 EL (@ <a href="http://mojo.handhelds.org/" target="_blank">http://mojo.handhelds.org/</a> ) . Would a ARMv4 port be difficult? Any ideas if someone has tried this?<br>
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