THAT SAID 儘管如此

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aka
work in progress
that said
paying back
flash
brick


文句

Ubuntu 13.10 is great on the desktop. On smartphones, Saucy Salamander, aka Ubuntu Touch, is still a work in progress. That said, for mobile programmers and Linux or smartphone power users, there's a lot to like about this first release of Ubuntu for smartphones and tablets. Here's what you need to know about it today...

Never forget that Ubuntu Touch is what Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company, sees as Ubuntu's real future. The Linux desktop is great, but it shows little sign of paying back Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth's investment. Ubuntu's commercial future lies with the OpenStack cloud and Ubuntu Touch...

To install Ubuntu Touch, you'll need to flash your device. And, yes, that may brick it.

解釋

Ubuntu 是 Linux 的一種發行版（distribution，簡稱 Linux distro: 以Linux 核心和套件管理系統建造的作業系統) 。它的母公司, Canonical, 推出了適用於手機及平板的作業系統 -- Ubuntu Touch，如同蘋果手機的 iOS 作業系統，或是HTC, Samsung 等的安卓作業系統(Android)  。

aka  （as known as) 也稱之為；也叫做
work in progress  仍在發展中的裝置
that said  儘管如此，"Even though that was said, ..."
paying back  回饋；(成本、利益）回本

flash  俗稱的 "刷機" ，這個動作將會完全清乾淨裝置上 ROM (唯讀記憶體，資料不會因關機而消失) 的資料。有別於 "升級 (upgrade)" 或 "遷移 (migrate)" 僅修改或補強作用，不會動到 ROM 上面的資料，。

brick  原意是磚頭。在電子的領域中，指的是你的電子裝置已經無法使用，只能當作鎮紙、壓紙器的無用的 "磚頭"。