While it can be used on its own, Canonical mostly sees it being used in a dual-boot environment with Windows (giving Canonical a bigger foothold in the process).

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"The existence of Linaro will significantly simplify the process of making Linux-based consumer devices available to market, " said Jane Silber, CEO of Canonical.

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