@Arnoldko About your question: UBports is a German foundation. And when I search for "public transport" at open-store.io (app store for Ubuntu Touch (UT)) I see four German, two Spanish, one Norwegian, one American, one Hungarian and one Swiss app(s). So you have maybe slightly more people who know some things about UT in this countries, but I do not think that this is significant. It probably depends more on what you want to do and how you want to structure your company (How closely do HW and SW teams need to work together? Where is the head of your company? Is this a commercial project?...). If your hardware team also takes care of firmware and drivers and you are only searching for some people who write some apps for you, you should find people who can do some C++, Qt and server stuff nearly everywhere. Specifically for Ubuntu Touch, you could maybe post a job description in this forum and let the people work from home. Some time ago some people related to Volla did a fundraiser to bring Android apps to UT. They commissioned some Russian developer and it was very successful. So maybe this could also be an option for you: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5907/open-ubuntu-touch-to-all-android-applications/ https://forums.ubports.com/user/stanwood https://www.gofundme.com/f/anbox-on-ut?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet About no phone numbers: A lot of messengers and other services depend on verification via SMS. This is maybe something you want to consider. About using UT as a base: Please be aware that Ubuntu Touch has some limitations and depending on what you want to do (how much you want to modify the system), it could maybe be more convenient to start with something else (like Debian). There are currently also some people working on Lomiri (the desktop environment of Ubuntu Touch) for Debian. But this very much depends on what you want to do.

This would reduce electronic waste, especially in developing countries. A simple app image that runs without installation would suffice. Whether you still have very old Pentium 1-4 systems is questionable. I also think this is a good idea. However, I also understand the objection that there is a lack of people.

@jb-gbaeza Have you already come across the main UBports site? There is a link to the manifesto there.

@jb-gbaeza Because users don't come to UT escaping from Google / Apple to be forced using a meta/Facebook tool.

@jb-gbaeza I recommend you to read https://docs.ubports.com/porting, so that you will know what is required for a phone to be ported to Ubuntu Touch.

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@arubislander the community is going to be weirded out when i upload my voice controlled AI to open store ....i switched linux distros again and im getting all kinds of weird errors with clickable ill need to sort out first .....but yeah totally voice operated and i was going for a jarvis type of feel and the ability to control EVERYTHING with voice .....now im sure a few things wont work as a clickable app do to system level operation ...but on my pi i can be like "computer ~create a shell script and set the file permissions to writable and executable" and it will do it ....unfortunately its still stuck using openai api do to the monstrous hardware requirements needed to run a large LLM ....im kinda proud of my work actually currently im trying to deving code to give it preference and a moral compass and the ability to pontificate ....(my work is to ensure AI does not turn into skynet lol)

@arubislander Wherever there is privacy, security has been implemented. I think Privacy is a subordinate element and a byproduct of Security. It's hard for me to understand some of your last explanation. Nevertheless, I have no hard thoughts, so let's just leave it at that.

@lakotaubp not really worth a email, but maybe a article that covers "the things that suck about ubuntu touch" not in a negative way but giving the world a greater understanding of the commitment and cohesion of the ubports community and a invitation of more developers to be on the cutting edge of mobile development touting the broad language support for app development (i dont think anyone knows outside the community that they can use their godot projects ....i never knew until like two days ago!) also announcing future porting tool ideas(even if they are just ideas) ....bottom line is UT is very hard and slow to port this is prob one of the greatest choking points of UT adoption by the masses and the world understands this showing a future roadmap of easier adoption would get the masses excited and bring in new excited blood i am not a writer i am a idea man ....so unfortunately my idea is all i can offer ....lol they would break my legs in spelling and grammer alone lmfao!

@electrodeyt Good idea to use that. Thats all we need for now the ideas, artwork can always be smartend up.