sola writes that Ubuntu GNU/Linux is huge for the future of FLOSS and Linux because of its superior ability to use the power of modern mobile hardware. The same could be said for any GNU/Linux OS.

Android/Linux is a commercial and popular success at all levels because its price/performance was great and Google took the steps necessary to promote it to OEMs (not just M$’s partners). Android/Linux is thus a gateway to complete freedom to run hardware in the world. There is no longer any need for M$ to allow us to run our PCs if we used ARMed PCs. Using GNU alongside Android, as sola suggests or using GNU in place of Android makes sense. Either strategy opens a whole new ecosystem independent of Wintel and monopoly. The last barrier to entry, space on retail shelves, is gone when GNU/Linux is distributed on ARMed PCs.

As my brief exposure to an Android/Linux tablet revealed, many purposes of a PC need a keyboard and mouse or other precise pointing device. GNU/Linux can do that quite well and probably better than Android/Linux. In the future, I see Android/Linux either adapting to the potential of desktop applications better or GNU/Linux moving into that role on ARM. It’s all good and possible in a competitive environment. It does not look as though M$ will be much of a player without exclusive dealing…

see Why Ubuntu for Android is the most important Linux project today Â« sola's blog.