Installing Ubuntu on iPad - is possible?

**finlaymurray123** · April 2nd, 2011

Originally Posted by MichealH

Tiny Bit Harsh!

It could be possible If the yet-to-be-released Gnome 3 will support Touch Screen also All the stuff will have no Linux drivers maybe and so you wouldn't be able to do it.

Have you ever heard of bluetooth keyboards? and gnome 4 and kde support touchscreen

**disabledaccount** · April 3rd, 2011

gnome4 ? :LOL:
Touchscreen mode was available at least from GTK 2.10
... so what are You people talking about?
Few versions ago Gnome have had option to automatically show GOK when clicking on text input fields.

...jesus

Maybe you should visit Gnome page or read some docs before You start to write such bullshits. (sorry, but that's exactly what is happening here)

**galacticaboy** · April 3rd, 2011

I have a friend who has successfully done it. He has worked on it for a while and has Ubuntu 10.04 running on his iPad, the keyboard does not work, but he uses a keyboard anyway. I will ask him and get back to you on how he did it.

**Mjchopperboy** · October 12th, 2011

Well, I on't think ubuntu has the money to make it's own tablet and there wouldn't be enough clients for another brand's ubuntu tablet, so no.

**thatguruguy** · October 12th, 2011

I run Ubuntu on my android tablet. Just because.

**Zyrix Gothmog** · November 1st, 2011

Remote into a machine/Vm running Ubuntu.

**Calerid** · November 13th, 2011

Okay, it is definitely a possibility. At this point it is something you would have setup on your own. The Ipad is being broken down to work with Linux/Android systems. It is just a matter of time before the right exploits come into play. If Ubuntu does not find it's way there are other Linux OS's that people tinker with. Backtrack gained ARM support and if someone could get that on an Ipad it would be amazing. I think it is stupid people have to waste time arguing about pointless things instead of answering a post.

**3rdalbum** · March 8th, 2012

Originally Posted by Mjchopperboy

Well, I on't think ubuntu has the money to make it's own tablet and there wouldn't be enough clients for another brand's ubuntu tablet, so no.

KDE, which is a not-for-profit organisation, released a tablet recently. The hardware is made by another company, but even big consumer electronics companies release products that have actually been designed and manufactured by others.

If KDE can do it, so can Canonical.