hello guys, how to give root permission on anbox? are the same way with desktop anbox version, or ubuntu touch anbox have different way?

@FishFingers44 said in Syncthing: Hi When is syncthing going to be updated for the new UBTouch? When somebody volunteers to update it.

@hummlbach Well 2 different things, the push type just needs adding of a message in the push helper, while the other one in the app is more work

@mbzadegan These are the supported devices at present https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io so I'm afraid you cannot run UT on your device. You can try porting if you wish, info here https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2068/halium-first-steps There are also some work in progress devices here https://pad.ubports.com/p/r.fbf463250adef36ec3bc33a7f5f6be93

@advocatux Thanks! Anyway, I think a touch centered distro won't work with Dex. The device is supposed to work as a touchpad, when an external monitor is used. Don't know even, it'd get installed. Thanks anyway.

@Rodrigo I think @dobey has now fully answered all the technical issues you have raised in this thread, and the link I added will give you all the info you will need to take a helpful and contributive part in the UBports and Ubuntu Touch Community. Which you are more than welcome to do. We are a very friendly and welcoming community to those seeking advice and help. Negative, confrontational posts help no one and waste everyones time. If you have any further specific questions on an item or process I would ask that you post it in the most suitable of the existing categories. Thank you for your understanding.

Yup, portable monitors are pretty common now. In fact I have one 15.6" Touchscreen and works with type-C. It's only 1080p though Sadly, there are no currently supported device that can use type-C to video out. But mostly has mini-HDMI so that could work with Nexus 4/5/7 2013 for now

The first step (which is more like a leap over the moon), would be to get the differences from the current ofono build (which is a fork that was maintained by Canonical at the time, and has quite a lot of changes from upstream) reconciled with upstream ofono, so we can upgrade to the latest version. There are about 45k lines of changes between our ofono, and upstream 1.17 (which our fork is based on). This will require a lot of patience, and will require some knowledge about MTK modems and such, as we'll need to keep most of the changes from the fork when updating.

@ogogon hi, please take a look at this https://forums.ubports.com/post/21219

@jezek no problem at all.

The existing port for Moto G 2014 is not halium based. It is ported like all the other working devices. The port is from early 2018.

@advocatux said in Who thought of the name 'Yumi' as the UT robot mascot?: @Opolork Joe & Wayne dubbed our mascot in one of their UTAs. Yumi stands for "you and me", and it keeps the same spirit than the word "ubuntu" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy) Gotcha. Thanks, advocatux.

What do you mean by "desktop" here exactly? If you mean the black bar of stacked icons on the left, that is the launcher. You can pin apps to the launcher by long pressing on them while they are running, and un-pin similarly. Running apps always appear there, and you can tap on the icons to switch. The app spread is what you get with the long swipe from the right, showing the live previews of apps. This is basically the same as when you press Alt+Tab on a PC to switch between apps/windows. Scopes are special and no you can't close the dash application, however in a future update the scopes will be going away completely. The replacement for the apps scope (where you currently launch applications), is the app drawer, which will be opened with long swipe from left, or by tapping the big logo button on the launcher.

About the guidelines, you can find a wiki here

It does seem to me though that there is a steady stream of people asking for help with porting devices... Perhaps that seems like a negative thing - UT is a struggle to get working for some - but on the other hand it shows that a significant number of people are interested enough to give it a go.

Thanks for clarifying that, @dobey

@jujubala1997 said in Help the community: Where do I start? What are barriers that impede UT from spreading? What should I learn in software to help the community? Depends your area of interest and confort : community, system, porting, coding, Art etc... and you don't even need to be good or educated in that field, like me just learning by tweaking. Python wise they are several possibilities : full applications : https://github.com/ernesst/ActivityTracker Wrapper : https://framagit.org/ernesst/MLS-for-Utouch / https://framagit.org/ernesst/gps-utouch-tracker Python get integrated into QML via : https://github.com/thp/pyotherside A very nice python lib would be great to integrate into Utouch : https://github.com/owncloud/pyocclient for Nextcloud/Owncloud. Welcome in the community.