@libremax Thanks for posting! I'm still at Bornhack, and beside the talk, there are so many folks here who are interested in Ubuntu Touch. Now that people know that I'm using it, lots of people want to talk to me about it and ask me questions, and I answer as many as I can.
My show-and-tell device (BQ Aquaris E4.5) goes from hand to hand (yes, we use sanitizer) and people are amazed by the smooth operation, and more when I tell them how old it is.

I'm hoping to be causing a small influx of interest in our OS and community. I'm certainly doing my best to do so!

I was one of the volunteers humanning the stand, and it was great. We were able to answer a lot of questions, we showed many different devices on our stand, and people were quite enthousiastic about what we had to show and say. It was an inspiring day and we helped promote UT and make contact with organisations for possible collaboration. Time well spent!

Unfortunately, there is currently no native, working Signal client for UT and this is unlikely to change soon. But if that's a problem that impacts you, read on! I found a solution that works well for me and maybe it will work for you, too.

My solution consists of several parts:

• Signal for Android, running in Waydroid. You can download it from their webpage or from F-Droid or Aurora Store.
• Signal Desktop running on several computers, and linked to the first Signal, which is the primary device. All others are secondary devices. You can have only one primary.
• Cinny, running on UT, using a Matrix bridge to connect to Signal. This is very new to me and yet it was easy.

I followed these instructions given by Danfro:

For everyone here who is looking for an alternative to use Signal on Ubuntu Touch.
There is a matrix signal bridge hosted here: https://tchncs.de/matrix.
This can be used with Cinny or any other Matrix client. Instructions are given on the website there.
Note: Some things do still not work. Image download is fine, but right now no other file types. I am working on it...

• Open Cinny (or another matrix client)
• create a new room
• invite the bridge bot @signalbot:tchncs.de
• open your primary signal device and head for settings, linked devices
• add new device
• got to chat with bridge bot and type "login" as message
• scan the qr code with your primary device, it should now link them
  Done.

I had an extra step because my primary is running in Waydroid and it's a pain generating and scanning a QR code on one and the same device, plus it refused to work. So I installed the latest Cinny on a spare phone and used that to link Cinny to Signal. It worked fine.

I hope this is useful to anyone else!

YESSS
It's working! I have zoom, autofocus and flash! This is the last thing that was missing for me to be able to say that the phone is fully functional under UT!

Excuse me while I dance the happy dance...

Some of their applications can run on Waydroid. But most people who are using Ubuntu Touch wish to get away from Google. Personally I want to avoid Android applications and the Google Playstore.

If we are going to do everything that Android does, what would make us special? Why would we even bother?

This was a lot of fun. We had a really simple stand because we didn't bring a lot of equipment, but it was enough: we got plenty of interest, had some good conversations, and answered many questions. It's definitely worth planning for T-Dose 2026 (June 6 and 7)!

Greetings from all the creatures of T-Dose!

Ubuntu Touch:
It's in your hands.

@cliffcoggin said in Ushby have released an official Review on UT.:

I suggest the review is removed until a more objective one can be written.

Let's cut the author a little slack. They're allowed to voice their opinions, even if their opinions are based on a misunderstanding; as for feeling ill, the world would in my view be a better place if everyone was this open and honest about what influenced their mood at a certain time.

@domubpkm said in How are the projects doing?:

we have never been used to such silence

It just shows how much Dalton did, and that he's being missed. I'm sure we will adjust, but it takes a little time.

@messayisto Thank you, it was fun! We were a decent sized group and there was plenty to talk about. I saw lots of animated conversations occur and lots of good questions and answers. It was a lovely little event and I'm glad that I helped facilitate it. And our thanks go out to our friends at Bitlair, who hosted us for no cost at all!
We left them some nice cookies. It was the least we could do.

@ma said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0:

After restarting, the phone gets stuck on the startup screen (Android logo).

How long did you wait? First boot after upgrading can take considerable time.

@messayisto Thank you, it was fun! We were a decent sized group and there was plenty to talk about. I saw lots of animated conversations occur and lots of good questions and answers. It was a lovely little event and I'm glad that I helped facilitate it. And our thanks go out to our friends at Bitlair, who hosted us for no cost at all!
We left them some nice cookies. It was the least we could do.

@bestenaizena said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10:

I want to upgrade to 24.04

Then you're in the wrong topic. This one is about 20.04 OTA-10.

Anyway, I would recommend waiting until 24.04 is out to update. It will be announced on the forums when it is.

@Opolork Dual booting is not supported. So if you do need Android, and Waydroid can't fill that gap for you, then yes... having an (old) Android phone somewhere might be the easiest way out.

Hurray hurray, our meetup is today!

@freddyy said in Download (path) Ubuntu Touch:

With other Linux variants, this is comparatively easy.

Ubuntu Touch is very different from Linux distros for use on a PC or laptop. The whole architecture is different. I would caution against expecting it to be just like another Linux variant.

@gpatel-fr said in Add "is volte supported" to the devices page:

hope to get a phone that can be used to make and receive calls. As of now, I have no idea if this is really possible.

As far as I know it is. Fairphone 5 seems to be a good current option, and it supports VoLTE.

@gpatel-fr said in Add "is volte supported" to the devices page:

guess that you are not a developer yourself ? or at least not of the telephony part ?
So you don't have any clear information yourself, only second hand ?

That is all correct. But I do know that VoLTE is currently one of the highest priority projects for our devs. And it's moving so fast that I understand why they don't manage to keep all information updated at the moment.

One of the best places for gathering information directly from the devs is the bi-weekly Q&A. If you can't listen to it live, you can do so afterwards and there are also often transcripts released. They can be found here: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1

UBports is a small community of mostly volunteers. We're not professionals, and we know it shows. If you find us lacking in some way, maybe you can figure out a way to help.

@gpatel-fr Well, that is true... but to be fair it's a confusing situation because it's very much in flux.

@jezek said in Ubuntu Touch Q&A 174 call for questions:

Could you elaborate on this? https://www.salesiancollege.in/eu-enforces-android-bootloader-restrictions-from-august-1/

Probably untrue: https://xiaomitime.com/dont-panic-eu-isnt-ending-bootloader-unlocks-soon-59697/