That is a very, very interesting project. High-end phones have had more than enough horsepower to run a full desktop environment for a few years, but getting th

That is a very, very interesting project. High-end phones have had more than enough horsepower to run a full desktop environment for a few years, but getting the mix of phone and desktop software right is the tricky bit. Android and Ubuntu is a natural mix, and of course (nearly) all your Ubuntu software is just a compile away. Getting carriers on board is going to be a challenge for Canonical, but as soon as the source is out for this the custom modders (and I) will be absolutely all over it. It would seem obvious for Microsoft to aim for a similar thing with Windows RT/Phone, but they've made a terrible hash of mobile for the last decade, and I don't think that their optimise-for-touch-everywhere approach to Win8 would work well with a non-touch monitor plugged into a phone. On the other hand, if Win8 gets as much of a kicking as I suspect it will, they'll be in full desperation mode with Win9 and something like this could be a major selling point.