Is Ubuntu touch ready for daily use ?

Ahmed_samy

Hello everyone, I have a redmi note 7 as my main Android phone and I don't have any other phone to use so I just asking is UB ready to use as the main device for nearly everything as android ??

Moem

It's ready for my daily use. It may or may not be ready for your daily use. What are the things you want to use your phone for?

Ahmed_samy

@moem

I just want it to be able to run Android apps [.apk] and things like Facebook and YouTube and some light games and a good camera app
also, I will be super happy if there is any way to run google play

cliffcoggin

@ahmed_samy The best solution to your requirements is an Android phone.

stanwood

@ahmed_samy If your main needs are to run .apk apps as well as Google play services, I guess LineageOS would be much more convenient to you.
It's also possible to run (some) Android apps on UT using waydroid, but it's very experimental and not designed for a primary use...

Moem

@ahmed_samy It doesn't sound like Ubuntu Touch is what you want. You 'just' want the full Android experience. The best way to get that is to use some version of Android.

Ahmed_samy

@Moem
@stanwood
@cliffcoggin
The problem is that this phone has become old enough to not be able to run a decent Android system my phone is 32GB + 3 GB of RAM and it has become too slow and unusable so I need a decent fast new system and also so I will be happy if it can run PC applications on it

Moem

@ahmed_samy said in Is Ubuntu touch ready for daily use ?:

I will be happy if it can run PC applications on it

You can't really expect to do that on Ubuntu Touch, either, for the most part.
I suggest you check out the Open Store and see if the apps offered there would fulfill your needs.

alan_g

@ahmed_samy a phone is not a PC and Ubuntu Touch won't make it one. (Nor would postmarketOS, but that would be closer.)

Ubuntu Touch will make a phone a phone. Phone calls, messaging, web access, email, etc all working well enough for daily use. But it doesn't have the finish of iOS or Android (both of which have had enormously more investment.)

Generally, it doesn't run applications designed for Windows, iOS, Android or traditional Linux desktop distros. (Typically the developers of these apps have no interest in getting them to work on UT.)

It sounds as though what you want is a new Android phone. Ubuntu Touch isn't that.

A Former User

@ahmed_samy I recently also switched a phone with similar specs (32GB+3GB RAM, Nokia 6.1 in this case) from the official OS it came with when I bought it to LineageOS. The final update they gave the phone was based on Android 10, the last security update was in early 2021. With the latest available Lineage OS it is now based on Android 11 and there are weekly updates to install. It feels like it runs more smooth and is very well usable again. If there was a UT port for this one, I would obviously advertise that one here , but LOS in this case is also a nice way to keep that "old" phone working well.