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		mtgx on June 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Device turns Android phone into computer. A reason... Not exactly the same solution. Ubuntu for Android lets you run Ubuntu on the desktop, and no Android apps I think. This seems to work more like Asus' Padfone, so when the phone is docked, you get ICS on the larger screen, and get to use all Android apps.

microtonal on June 11, 2012 [–]

From what I heard, it's possible to run Android apps on Ubuntu for Android:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/ubuntu-for-android-announ...

The fact that they run in a special window suggests that the applications actually run in Android, but that they are composited in/on the Linux desktop.

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