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  • The Meta category: Organizational or general discussion.

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    @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.

  • Discuss news updates from Ubuntu Touch and its related projects

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    Today is Ubuntu Touch Q&A Day Ubuntu Touch Q&A182 is today at 19:00 UTC please join us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1j8DHT5MwI Questions can still be posted here https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11879/ubuntu-touch-q-a-182-call-for-questions for priority or live in the show. UBports@telegram #ubports:matrix.org #UBports #UbuntuTouch #UBportsQandA #Lomiri #OTA11 #Ubuntu #UTnoble #MobileLinux

  • Discuss and solve problems with other users

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    @Moem Sent email. Waiting to hear back. I'm guessing you're right, cheap provider.

  • Community section for all languages other than English

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    Let's see

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    hello, @dieter42 I meet the same probleme. So I tried to made the fastboot flash, but i received this answer : Sending 'aop_a' (180 KB) OKAY [ 0.010s] Writing 'aop_a' FAILED (remote: 'Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions') fastboot: error: Command failed Perhaps i miss something...

  • Discussions on development of Ubuntu Touch

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    @pparent said in XWayland: Menu windows resized full screen and crash?: xev is not running anymore. I don't see that. I'll try your method this week-end. What's interesting is that I see the same window number (0x3ef) in the initial trace, when the program starts (before attempting to open a menu) so my suspicion is that it is the main app window..

  • Discuss the user experience or design of Ubuntu Touch or its apps

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    @mirroronthewall Yes, this is surprisingly useful, as it means you don't always have to whip out a hardware keyboard, which defeats the point of the small form factor of a phone. Missing support for modifier keys is a big issue when using GUI apps in Libertine, as touch-to-mouse conversion often doesn't behave as it should and can get you 'stuck', so a fallback to keyboard shortcuts is just as necessary there as it may be useful in general: actually, your idea of creating macros for anything seems to solve many problems (including mine) at once, so congrats - now we just need to figure out how! The closest I've found is Ambot Installer: Hacks and Mods, although I need to set up a persistent amd64 QEMU instance on my arm64 laptop before I can allow myself to experiment with it freely (it's the only way I got the installer working). Other tools may be available but I have not been able to surface them yet, I will update this thread as I learn more about the issue and potential solutions. [UPDATE] Here is a list of interesting posts related to this problem, which may be a good starting point for building a bridge towards the solution: These are previous conversations on the repos which appear to have been abbandoned: https://github.com/ubports/keyboard-component/issues/96 gitlab.com/ubports/apps/terminal-app/-/issues/78 https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/lomiri-keyboard/-/issues/96 Instead, here are some useful links related to Malakiboard, which should be a good foundation to build macro functionality on: https://github.com/kugiigi/jerk-click https://github.com/kugiigi/jerk-installer https://github.com/kugiigi/jerk-packages

  • Creating Ubuntu Touch apps

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    @pparent I have a OnePlus Nord N10 that I could give to you if it's of any use. It's running 24.04-2.x and the battery isn't very good anymore. I would reset it to factory settings and send it to you. What do you think?

  • Porting Ubuntu Touch to new devices

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    Updates since my last post: I disabled more useless kernel features I had to add some code to keep the pstore feature working The WLAN and the Bluetooth driver are now compiled into the kernel The artifacts.zip now contains a vbmeta.img file to simplify the installation The repo now includes a script to disable the ugly "Orange State" warning. customizelk.py patches the lk.img from the stock ROM to just return from the function which displays the message. This also avoids the additional 5sec wait time. Please note that this is purely cosmetic. Have fun, Kai

  • Lomiri, the operating environment for everywhere

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    @uwahl I understand your concern but that is sadly not related to my post I'm talking about the virtual touchpad when connected to an external display.

  • Discussion on translating Ubuntu Touch and its core apps

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    @Vlad-Nirky Thank you. Done.

  • A place to discuss ideas for promoting Ubuntu Touch

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    @developer there are some freedesktop standards we need, also flatpak integration, outside of that we need eSIM support and way way better waydroid support. outside of that we need a waydroid compatibilty chart for every major banking app in every country we also need guides to what messanger has what feature supported natively and how to set it up. also we probably want to make a public transport app and start supporting every single country we can. we also need sms forwarding (i remember people asking about it in the forums) a secure wallet for NFC, so someone needs to expose the treble APIs for hardware backed encryption so we can store credit card NFC tags safely. (to please the google/apple pay users) and much much more. we need to compile every UT feature and aspire to feature parity with vanila android (not the apps just pure android) i'd make a full comparison chart but i dont have the time

  • Other Projects

    Projects which are started by a group within the UBports community

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    @MrT10001 I don't quite remember what the installer did when I flashed my phone (happy memories... not ) but from browsing v2/checkDownloads.ts I'd say that the installer is saving stuff in a sub-directory called 'download' from the current directory when it was launched.

  • For things that just don't fit in the other categories.

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    @pparent Thanks for posting that article, I hadn't heard. Low probability of success can be offset by low cost and high value of success. I think the moment we're in presents opportunity like never before. In addition to the French government looking at digital sovereignty, the Danish government is trying to get away from American tech companies. I could imagine many other governments may be considering this. We don't have the interoperability rules here in Canada, but I'm still going to be suggesting to my member of parliament and a couple of ministers that the government should be proactive in examining and acting on the threat posed by the fact that most members of our government, military, and general populace use privacy-intrusive smartphone OSes controlled by a couple USA-based tech companies whose CEOs have already demonstrated a willingness to comply with what increasingly demonstrates itself to be an aggressive and authoritarian government. (I respect the forum's rules about not getting political and hope this didn't cross any lines, but I think what I said is factual and relevant to the point I'm making. I'm not taking a position here on whether annexation is cool, just trying to explain why I think there's an opportunity for UT.) Matrix has benefited from being adopted by various governments and militaries, even if in pilot projects. The challenge is much greater with mobile OS adoption, but if the resources and the need are there, it doesn't seem impossible. My government, for example, is suddenly trying to spend vastly more than ever before on the military and routinely falls short of its spending targets. I could make the argument that a secure, private and functional mobile OS is of strategic military importance And I will! Opportunities like this don't always last very long.