Immediately sambangi Ubuntu Touch Screen Netbook?

Jakarta - Some time ago, Canonical has released Ubuntu 10:10 for netbooks, desktops and servers. Now, reportedly for a netbook version, operating system features a touch screen soon with a new look called Unity.

Reported detikINET from HotHardware, Sunday (10/10/2010), Unity view is indeed specifically designed for netbooks. With this, Unity over simplify the options on the display in Ubuntu become the icons that are easily accessible, with one-touch like a tablet.

According to Canonical VP Steve George, the original idea was to bring this feature
mated between IPAD and old Palm device that comes with stylus gestures.

"If you have a touch screen device and can run applications using the three finger touch mode, the developers also can use some gesture library," explained George explains the origin of Unity is created.

When asked about the touch screen when Ubuntu is ready for the market, George did not have a definitive answer. But he said no later than the end of this year.

"I hope with this information, the new device based on Ubuntu Light Edition is also coming soon on the market. The reason this (unity-red) is already available to OEMs since last May," he added.

Canonical as a company that works with open-source community to deliver promised when it launched later Ubuntu, Ubuntu Light will promise speeds for users. They claim, it took under 10 seconds to open a browser and run it.