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In this issue, the editor will bring you about why ThinkPad 8 can run the Ubuntu system. The article is rich in content and analyzes and narrates it from a professional point of view. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

Ubuntu Touch, an operating system built by Canonical for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, has not been going well for several years because it is currently supported by only two devices, Nexus 4 and Nexus 7. However, Canonical seems to have decided to make it easier to expand to more platforms, such as the Lenovo ThinkPad 8 tablet based on Windows x86.

Lenovo's ThinkPad 8 fuselage is equipped with Intel Bay Trail platform Atom Z3770 processor, and default pre-installed Windows 8.1 operating system. Recently, it has been proved that it can easily and successfully install the Ubuntu Touch operating system, and although the detailed migration process has not yet been announced, it is certain that Canonical developers seem to be considering further support for such devices.

Ubuntu Touch has been migrated many times

At present, there are not many tablets running Windows operating system on the market, but Android tablets have the largest market share in the world. As a result, devices on the Android platform are usually used by the Gods as the main objects for porting to other systems, but the Gods often try different challenges.

In fact, Ubuntu Touch is already running on a number of different devices, most of which are smartphones, especially Google's Nexus 5, and other phones including Samsung's Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S5.

Kevin Gunn, a developer at Canonical, said on Google+: "Hey, everybody, let's take a look. Simon Raffeiner, a developer in our community, has ported the Unity 8 desktop environment to Intel's Bay Trail platform, and we are proud to see that Unity 8 and Mir can be moved more easily to other new hardware platforms."

The number of Ubuntu Touch-enabled devices has declined over the past year, and there are few new devices supported by the system, but that doesn't rule out the fact that developers are waiting for a more stable version of the operating system.

Unfortunately, the progress of Ubuntu Touch development is still a mystery. In mid-September last year, Canonical finally released the first RTM version of Ubuntu Touch. Mir upgraded to 0.7.1, supports Unity 8, and is said to be a very stable and day-to-day version. However, six months later, the open source operating system has no more product news except for a simple and smooth operating interface.

If nothing happens, the final version of Ubuntu Touch will be released in February 2015, after which devices running Ubuntu Touch will be officially sold in stores in the coming months.

This is why ThinkPad 8 can run the Ubuntu system. If you happen to have similar doubts, you might as well refer to the above analysis to understand. If you want to know more about it, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel.

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