For silicon vendors, Ubuntu is compatible with a typical Android Board Support Package (BSP).

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The lawsuit just filed against Nguyen, along with his now fading away startup Color Labs and the board, starts out with rather typical allegations.

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In the typical process of electronic consolidation, they say, positioning will be built in at the circuit board level.

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