Ubuntu runs on Android device

The Ubuntu operating system is adapted so that it can run on smartphones. With the Linux-based software allows users desktop apps running on their telephone, they can be used as a PC by linking them to a monitor.

The source code of the modified version of Ubuntu will be released as a file that initially only suitable for Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. Users who install the file on the device thus replacing the default Android system on your device.

Although several analysts question whether consumers are waiting for a phone system that has the power of a full computer, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said in talks with several device manufacturers for installing Ubuntu on smartphones. He expects the first Ubuntu machine within one year.

Shuttleworth admits that the innovation in the first instance be limited to 'enthusiasts and hobbyists', nevertheless he expects that in the future a wider audience gets. "It is unbelievable that we are on the point that the power of the phone is crossed with the basic processing power of a standard laptop," said Shuttleworth told the BBC. "We take advantage of them so you for the first time in history have access to a consumer PC platform on a phone.

Next week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the first phones shown running under Ubuntu.