Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Won't Be Powered By Mir

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67364

    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Won't Be Powered By Mir

    Phoronix: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Won't Be Powered By Mir

    A virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit is taking place this week. The event was kicked off again by Jono Bacon and Mark Shuttleworth. During the event a few interesting tidbits of information were learned about Ubuntu Touch and Mir...

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  • Tiger_Coder
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 175

    #2
    Good news. I can jump from Kubuntu 12.04 to a stable Kubuntu 14.04. No Mir/XMir complexities for Kubuntu for at least 16.04.

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    • Vim_User
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2013
      • 1116

      #3
      Mark also said that Canonical is in talks with multiple companies about shipping Ubuntu Touch devices.
      Isn't it funny how, according to Shuttleworth, Canonical is always "in talks" with everyone else, but we don't see any results at all from this talks?

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      • vivo
        Junior Member
        • Oct 2013
        • 28

        #4
        Originally posted by Tiger_Coder View Post
        Good news. I can jump from Kubuntu 12.04 to a stable Kubuntu 14.04. No Mir/XMir complexities for Kubuntu for at least 16.04.
        IIRC, KDE does not support Mir, and they don't plan to. Also I remember something about Kubuntu and the other _ubuntus sticking to Xorg for now, and maybe Wayland later on.

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        • mrugiero
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2011
          • 1336

          #5
          Originally posted by vivo View Post
          IIRC, KDE does not support Mir, and they don't plan to. Also I remember something about Kubuntu and the other _ubuntus sticking to Xorg for now, and maybe Wayland later on.
          It is still good news for those users that Ubuntu (the flavor) doesn't use something different than what they use, because this means their solution (by now, X.org) will get more testing within the distribution.

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          • d2kx
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2007
            • 2311

            #6
            Expected this, but great news anyway. XMir didn't make any sense this way.

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            • dh04000
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2012
              • 892

              #7
              As a steam gamer, I certainly appreciate one more round of stable LTS on the proven Unity7/compix/xorg.

              That being said, 14.10 needs to be a 100% Unity8/Mir, because I'm tired of waiting to test the "post-xorg era" display managers.

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              • Decatf
                Phoronix Member
                • Sep 2010
                • 67

                #8
                Canonical has been blowing a lot of hot air recently. What have the actually delivered on?

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                • r1348
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 636

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Vim_User View Post
                  Isn't it funny how, according to Shuttleworth, Canonical is always "in talks" with everyone else, but we don't see any results at all from this talks?
                  He really likes to talk, you should know by now...

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                  • blackout23
                    Senior Member
                    • Jul 2012
                    • 1313

                    #10
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                    "We expect devices to ship either in the last quarter of 2013 or the first quarter of 2014."

                    Yeah right... Ubuntu Touch isn't even capable of the promised convergence, when you plug it into a TV or Monitor with a docking station.

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