Review: Ubuntu Touch On A Nexus 7 Is Almost Awesome

This past week, we saw the release of Ubuntu 13.10. And, with it, we got the first official release of Ubuntu Touch (dubbed "Ubuntu Phone 1.0"). So, of course, I couldn't resist installing the "1.0" version of the operating system that Canonical is pitting against the likes of Android and iOS.

I installed Ubuntu Touch "1.0" on my first-generation Nexus 7 tablet and have been using it as my main tablet system for the last four days. Here's how it went.

First off, the installation was surprisingly painless. I followed the official instructions and didn't encounter a single problem. The whole process took roughly 45 minutes, though most of that was spent waiting for the Ubuntu Touch image to download and flash onto the Nexus 7. Truth be told, there were only a handful of steps that I actually had to do (mostly copying and pasting a few lines into the terminal).