Wish list : which apps do you need?
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Please forgive my ignorance on this one....
How hard would it be for The Document Foundation to make an Office Suite for Ubuntu Touch app? (not referring to Libertine here)
Making a fork of Collabora Office like @stanwood suggested would take time too, while LibreOffice is a near perfect existing solution already, widely spread and well maintained. Wouldn't it make sense to team up or have a UT community effort to raise the funds necessary to have The Document Foundation create a UT version based on existing Ubuntu one? Especially now there should be extra interest from their side now that the number of Linux devices/phones with Ubuntu Touch is rapidly increasing. If necessary a LibreOffice 'Lite' version may me good enough for on the go. Having a Ubuntu Touch LibreOffice app can have a lot of positive side effects as well.
I know it all comes down to staff available. Yet a guesstimated time on altering and maintaining a LibreOffice for UT would do to satisfy my curiosity.
In general I'd love to see the possibility to have the same core apps on both Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Touch. Ultimately synchronizing both like other OS's would be ideal.
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I just want turn by turn map, im in america. cant seem to get any of the current ones working. and maybe uber port just incase of emergency.
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@stanwood said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
A usable (read & write) office suite which would be .odt & .docx compatible. Maybe a fork of Collabora Office would be a realistic solution?
Or maybe wait for document viewer, based on libreoffice, to be made write capable?
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@Keneda said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
Or maybe wait for document viewer, based on libreoffice, to be made write capable?
https://open-store.io/app/com.ubuntu.docviewerAny indication such a feature is in the works?
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@3T_Ed said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
Any indication such a feature is in the works?
I didn't say that, but i believe this is better to start from there, than from scratch.
Splitting effort in multiple apps is not good in my point of view.
Document viewer works great. -
@Keneda
You had me thrilled for a moment......If we could have a text editor in Document Viewer capable of opening/editing/saving commonly used text/tables/presentations that would be great!
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@3T_Ed said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
If we could have a text editor in Document Viewer capable of opening/editing/saving commonly used text/tables/presentations that would be great!
That would be a good start yes ^^
Sorry for the thrill...
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@Keneda said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
That would be a good start yes ^^
Sorry for the thrill...
Regardless, it's my firm believe that adopting LibreOffice in the OpenStore will have huge benefits with regard to market positioning Ubuntu Touch and lower the treshhold for potential users and developers, offering another 'mainstream' option and core app by default.
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@Rebecca58 I like to see libreoffice on my pinetab. I tried to install it in libertine but it does not work somehow
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I'd love to see a better Signal App, Redshift, something similar to andOTP, similar app to KeePassDX, something similar to GoodReads and a native Bible app.
I know most of my suggestions have already been stated, but I wanted to re-enforce the ideas. -
@TRPrecht said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
something similar to andOTP,
What is wrong with Authenticator NG?
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@robvb said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
I tried to install it in libertine but it does not work somehow
Indeed, X11 apps will not work on Pine devices currently.
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I would like to have Gajim in UT.
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@3T_Ed I would second that. Specifically with pinetab now shipping. Pinetab with the keyboard definitely could become a light-weight laptop replacement and as such an office-suite becomes something like an essential app.
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@Rebecca58
I know the PinePhone was just released and is a work in progress, but I am wondering, if after a lot of work, could this be used as a basis for a watered down Medical Alert?
I define my ideal system as a wearable device with a button to mash, maybe wifi. The pinephone is powered up and always on (wall power), used as a base station. The alert signal from the bracelet or lanyard goes to the pinephone, activates an app, the app dials a predetermined number and sends a predetermined sms text message. "Jane Doe has activated her alert-system and wants you to come check on her". It would have nothing to do with 9-11 and wouldn't need a monthly subscription fee (except for the phone service).
Seems like creating the wearable device is the real hurdle. (knowing a lot of software work is needed too) -
@3T_Ed
LibreOffice is great, until you have to print. In my experience, my docs have to be converted to PDF before they print on a new HP LaserJet on a Win PC. Not acceptable. I hope for a better experience in Linux. -
@Bramble said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
Neither Libertine nor Anbox is anything other than a temporary fix.
With regard to Anbox, my guess is that many potential UT users will (for many years into the future) appreciate having the ability to run "that one critical Android app" (whatever "that Android app" may be) on UT. So I don't really see Anbox as a temporary fix, but rather as a necessary crutch on which many will rely, whether they truly want to or not.
But as for Libertine, yes, I agree 100% that it should be considered a temporary fix, and I hope UBports will eventually (but not immediately) move away from the need for Libertine.
@Bramble said in Wish list : which apps do you need?:
We need to build apps suitable for use on touchscreen devices (across platforms).
Again, I agree 100%. But that raises the question: what packaging format would attract devs who want to develop across many platforms?
@mariogrip and/or @UniSuperBox and/or @dobey and/or @Flohack (and/or others):
I notice that, under the question "How will Ubuntu Touch work with the new SNAP packages?" found on the UBports FAQ page, the answer states, in part, that a "goal is to support Snap packages" and that "this is still a work in progress."
Of course, I realize that, at the moment, the UBPorts devs are working on a great many urgent projects and that supporting Snaps isn't (and probably shouldn't be) at the top of the list of current priorities.
QUESTION: Keeping the above in mind regarding priorities, is supporting Snap packages still among the long-term goals for UBports?
Note: Please forgive me if the FAQ is out-of-date and that I've somehow missed that Snaps are currently supported. But near as I can tell, that doesn't seem to be the case.
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I can't say that I know enough about it to make a constructive comment, really. But that never stops anybody, so...
Someone will no doubt say I'm wrong, but UT is run on relatively low-spec devices for which x-org apps are unsuitable; so the packaging of apps has been an academic question.
Looking online, there are advocates for all the Linux packaging systems. Yet they all seem to be the same thing: Boxes within boxes!
IF .click is the most suitable to use within the UT framework*, then either it needs to be made really easy to package to .click, or some resources will need to be spent converting apps to .click format.
I guess the trend we're seeing for a UT 'flavour' over an Arch, Debian etc base is the desire to have both the UT UI and x-org apps. It would be preferable, immho, if it was proper UT though.
- As I understand it(!) click packages are a cut down version of snap. UT already has quite a lot of sandboxing, so perhaps .click provides all that is needed. Idk. If .deb / apt were used, would there be more take up of UT? Would a UT desktop come any faster??
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Regarding the alert solution, I'd recommend you to post your comment in the ICE thread . You'll find (likeminded) members looking for ICE related app/hardware solutions.
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I miss the possibility to print.
