@oldbutndy said in Where does Ubuntu Touch come from? And why clarify it?:
EXTREMELY limited number of USABLE mobile devices.
Yes, this is correct, if we try to compare with other Custom ROMs or GNU/Linux OS for smartphones.
That said, Ubuntu Touch still works on around forty different devices, not counting sub-variants of similar models (Pixel 3 + Pixel 3XL, for example).
However, although the number of devices is limited, the aim was to offer devices with a solid port for which virtually all features work stably and efficiently.
A few years ago, there were certainly more compatible devices, but many of them were not ready for regular use with Ubuntu Touch, which could cause a lot of frustration for users, as well as a lot of fruitless work for developers who had to generate system images (OTA updates) for the entire portfolio.
From my point of view, given our very limited resources, ‘less but better’ seems clearly the best strategy to adopt.
