Recently Ubuntu was successfully ported to the Motorola Xoom tablet by Thomas Sohmers. We aren’t exactly sure who he is yet but he’s already got his own website up giving you instructions and a video example.

Looks like this XOOM is going to be a popular tweaking device so geeks go on and get one, why not? Sources suggest it’s very simple to unlock the bootloader and root this device. Does that make you want one even more now?

Basically to make this work, you have to run the Linux OS in a virtual mode that is similar to a Virtual Machine on a Windows or Linux machine. The Xoom is powered by an Arm-based CPU and not an x86 processor so this install on the Xoom requires the Arm version of the Linux distro. The files needed total about 600 MB and unpack on the device to over 2 GB. The procedure is complicated but possible. Do this at your own risk!!

Instructions on how to do this yourself can be found here.

Take a look at the video below:

What do you think? Do you plan on getting one of these devices and tweaking it on day one? Let us know your thoughts in the comments box below.

Source: IM via Thomas Sohmers

Do you want to configure your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card with your Linux OS-running Computer and don’t know how? You are in luck as I have found something that will make your life easier. While rummaging around in the PPCG HQ News Bunker, I came across a .PDF that details how a user can set up a Sprint Mobile Broadband Card with a Linux computer. You can go to the link below to view the guide. Happy mobile broadband surfing!

Sprint Mobile Broadband Setup Guide for Linux (PDF)

One more screenshot after the break..