Author: Travis Newman

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Firefox > Chrome I’ll come up with some numbers to support whether or not that’s the case, but subjectively, Firefox doesn’t seem to get bogged down as quickly. I rather enjoy the sync-iness of Chrome, but those little app icons for Facebook and Gmail are pretty slick..

Ubuntu on touch friendliness

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UI & Handling Can we change the UI to make it more touch friendly? The main purpose of this project is to get the core of Ubuntu ready for mobile devices. This means using RAM and power more efficiently, etc. As of now, we can not change the UI to make it more touch friendly.…

But the fonts aren’t bad all the time

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Screen cap was taken just after boot.

I am going to be this guy

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My nexus senses are tingling

Ubuntu 13.04 on my Nexus 7 (2012), CM 10.2 on Note 2, et. al.

Sep 4, 2013

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Last night I installed Ubuntu 3.0 on my Nexus 7 using this guide. Order the Thai Breaker, its really good. The Ubuntu Desktop Installer did not work for me so had to do it manually from the command line. I can confirm those commands do work. If you’ve ever re-installed Android onto your Nexus 7, its…

Mobile/Desktop Experience

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This is something that Ubuntu is already working on, and something you can partially get away with in Android. Right now, Ubuntu is working on a mobile version of their operating system, Ubuntu Touch. While it can be installed on a variety of devices right now, much of the functionality is missing. Lots of dummy…

More Dumb Terminals

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I could be wrong when it comes to the HTPC proposal. More and more TV’s are smart. They have some operating system in them already. Just augment that. Make it a full up version of Android. Maybe that’s what Google TV already is. So long as you can access the content you need to access,…

Purpose for travnewmatic.com

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To explore this vision of the future I see. I suppose it’s two ideas. 1) Tablet + Keyboard = laptop. There are tons of examples like this out in the wild already. Microsoft even makes a version. Really, really dumb ad campaign, but what i’m doing right now is exactly that. I have my Nexus…

The Future of the Desktop

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You get home from school. Customarily, it would be time to relax, but you’ve got to finish up paper and turn it in online before 8pm, so you go to your desk. You take your phone out of your pocket, plug it in to charge, set it down on your desk, and flop down in…

Total Consolitation

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