VIDEO: Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu Linux for Wearable Computing

VIDEO: Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux, talks about what he learned in 2013 from crowdfunding and the wearable computing future.

Shuttleworth also addressed the issue of how Ubuntu Linux will help enable the nascent world of wearable computing devices. He shot down the idea, however, that an Ubuntu Glass-type device is in the works from his company.

We see that in a lot of labs where people are building wearables, they are using Ubuntu,” Shuttleworth said. “It may well be that Ubuntu is at the heart of some of those efforts. For now though, our focus is the phone and tablet and the convergence with the PC.” –

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Ubuntu Linux, Edge, Desktop and the Wearable Computing Future

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