Canonical hopes that this year the tv’s come with Ubuntu as the operating system and is in negotiation with several manufacturers. The company showed the new tv interface at CES show in Las Vegas.
Ubuntu for televisions must be a full-fledged televisiebesturingssysteem be, and is not intended to be in addition to any other interface to run. Therefore, the special Ubuntu edition will also feature a built-in program guide and the ability to live tv to watch and record.
Canonical demonstrated at the CES, an early version of the operating system, in which the tv functionality is still not working. The software ran on a single pc in a box removed and was operated with the remote control of the Boxee Box. The demonstration showed how movies and other video from various sources brought in could be and in the interface were presented.
Ubuntu on tvs also support for special apps that enable content providers, their videos can offer. The operating system contains a universal search function that searches in both online and offlinecontent as content from the apps is from.
The version on display was only intended to give an impression of the interface to give, to a lot of functionality still needs to be worked on. According to an employee of Canoncical, the software was only two months in development. He admitted that it is unlikely that big players like Sony, Samsung and LG switched to Ubuntu, but had good hope deals with smaller players and can be closed. Canonical thinks that the first Ubuntu tv this year. In addition, the company also wants to with versions for tablets and smartphones. This should later this year be known.
