The eagerly anticipated ubuntu touch brings one of the worlds most powerful open source operating systems to a whole new world of devices tablets smartphones and beyondubuntu touch is the first and only comprehensive introduction to canonicals exciting new mobile operating system perfect for everyone from adventurous early adopters to developers and support professionals it will be especially valuable to the millions of open source aficionados whove made ubuntu the 1 desktop . For the uninitiated ubuntu touch aka ubuntu for smartphones is a mobile operating system which looks to bring linux open source operating system to smartphones the ubuntu touch developers community has released it in beta so if you have a supported android smartphone or tablet you can try the ubuntu touch right now. Vergrossern ubuntu touch bietet sich als unabhangige alternative zu android ios und co an ist allerdings noch etwas unausgereift ubuntu soll in zukunft auch auf mobilen geraten wie tablets und. Since ubports took over all development of ubuntu touch the way users install the operating system on smartphones is different when it comes to core core pre devices no longer do users need to open up a terminal compile the operating system source code and build their own image from scratch in the past ubuntu touch would only install on ubuntu with ubports this is no longer the case these days ubuntu touch fans can easily download an app image that works on every single linux