For years I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of ‘Ubuntu Edge’ or some similarly convergent distribution of Linux capable of running my Android applications as well as a full Linux desktop.
The idea of docking my smartphone (now phablet) to get a full Linux desktop including all the applications I am accustomed to using with all the responsiveness and flexibility that we have come to expect from mature distributions such as we get currently from the open source community, is from a business perspective, the return on investment that is necessary when investing into ever more expensive technology.
Consider the cost of a laptop, tablet, and desktop in addition to the smartphone and game console we already own. Whatever your personal mix, these technologies are already blurring the lines between themselves. To bring Linux mainstream has proven a challenge in the last decades, and in my personal opinion it is because Linux has failed to differentiate itself as the innovative leader it could or should be.
Here is an opportunity to leap ahead of the competition and get to market with a fully interoperable smartphone/phablet/tablet OS that brings the flexibility of Linux/Android to the existing hardware (HD/4K anyone?) that we own.
