= OSCON 2008, Session 9: Ubuntu on the Go: Subnotebook and MID technologies
== UME: Ubuntu Mobile Edition
=== Customized Ubuntu Mobile
- Can make things in Flash, HTML, Java, etc.


=== OEM services group
- Massachusetts primarily

=== Contributing to UME
- To date, very difficulty
- Samsung Ultra
- KVM install images
- In the guide, you can use the Moblin image creator
- IRC / Mailing list

== Ubuntu Netbook Remix
- Atom Processors
- 4GB SSD or hard disk
- 1024x600 or higher res
- Screen size: 7" -12.1"
- WiFi, Bluetooth
=== Features
- Low price point
- Small and light
- Internet-centric usage model
- Use things from Ubuntu Desktop and MID

=== Reason
- eeePC
- Includes only the appropriate applications
- Adds a few extra apps

=== Tech
- No title bars, simply tabs above the application (maximus)
- There's a little window-picker on the top left.
- Media shows up on the right
- Using metacity (metah-sity), and it apparently sortof supports compiz (compeez)

=== Applications
- Firefox, evolution, Pidgin, rhythmbox, fbreader, liferea, f-spot, openoffice
- Gimp doesn't work well
- Flash, PDF reader
- Codecs: AAC, WMV, MP3

=== Compenents
- All are open source
- Go Home applet
- Maximus
- Human Notebook theme
- Window Picker applet
- Launcher

=== Future work
- Finger Friendliness
- Customization
- WWAN 2009, SIM card slot, working with Intel to make it happen

== Challenges
- Limited screen, storage
- Power consumption
- Network switching
- Finger touch, application simplicity
- network-manager doesn't do every applet

== Opportunities
- $90M by 2012
- Sync, Backup
- Web services applications
  - Integration with web services (Twitter)
  - Social networking
- Location-based services