Just a few days ago we wrote about the tablet BQ Aquaris M10 with Ubuntu, which when connected to an external monitor is to display it in full Ubuntu desktop version. Today, however, is available Maru: ROM for the Nexus 5, which allows the simultaneous use of two operating systems independently on different displays.
For now, Maru availability is extremely limited: download the ROM can only be part of the closed beta test, to join you can request on the website of the project. The problem is that there is only currently supported smartphone Nexus 5, you have to admit, however, that outlined by the authors Maru concept looks very interesting. Do not we have to deal with adjustment interface to that on which device to use it, but the two operating systems running simultaneously within a single ROM and on the same device.
When using Maru on smartphone, the user has available to Android Lollipop version, where the only modification is preinstalled app store Google Play. Importantly, in contrast to the concept of canonical drop in Ubuntu tablet M10, when connected to a monitor, Nexus retains all the functions available full power of Android with the ringing or sending SMS messages.
Connect the smartphone will can be in the current phase only via HDMI adapter. When this occurs, the monitor will display Debian, to connect to the Network will use the Wi-Fi from your smartphone. Likewise, will attach to the Nexus via Bluetooth input devices. Software to automatically skip Android and use a keyboard and mouse on Debian running on the smartphone in the background and displayed on the monitor.
The process of its launch is expected to take only a few seconds. Importantly, after disconnecting the monitor, the status of Debian is to be saved and restored during the next session using the desktop operating system. Of course, this idea has both advantages and disadvantages: to destruction is important for Ubuntu or Continuum ability to share data.
The creators did not inform the fact that both systems run in parallel will have any shared location or will they completely odizolowanymi systems. It is known, however, that the distribution of Debian was quite truncated, of course, in order to optimize. It is difficult to say to what extent the use of the two systems independently may be a better idea than that pursued by Canonical and Microsoft. It is considering the fact that the creators Maru have not decided as yet to publish the source code.
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