The ubuntu mobile that is being written about would perhaps be designed for a specific device, it sounds like a new device, even. So, the kernel would have to be recompiled for each processor, and the other components would be selected for their availability for Linux. In other words, hardware compatibility rates of the desktop would have no bearing on the mobile version.
There is currently no standard platform to write such an OS too, unless ubuntu and intel designed this new OS to run on the Windows Mobile devices . . .
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The ubuntu mobile that is being written about would perhaps be designed for a specific device, it sounds like a new device, even. So, the kernel would have to be recompiled for each processor, and the other components would be selected for their availability for Linux. In other words, hardware compatibility rates of the desktop would have no bearing on the mobile version.
There is currently no standard platform to write such an OS too, unless ubuntu and intel designed this new OS to run on the Windows Mobile devices . . .