Ubuntu Touch Q&A 176 call for questions.

[messayisto]

@UBportsNews I get the impression that some new people have joined the community recently, mostly as a result of Android's stricter bootloader rules.
Have you noticed this, and how are you dealing with it? Are there new and more developers in the project?

[domubpkm]

What the situation for mir2.x subsurface support on Noble ?

[t12392n]

I am to be a user soon as I got myself a Volla Quintus but have yet to make the switch. Looking forward to see where this is going as this is AWESOME.
I have been experimenting with the phone and its setup to prepare myself and the environment I require.

I hope nope but I haven't seen any answers to my questions somewhere, otherwise my questions are as follows:

• How are things going with the project, how does it feel?
  I am rooting for you in the limited way I can atm! You have no idea of how many are looking for an alternative for the droid and fruit.

• What are plans for applications and their adaptation?
  at the moment we have an appstore which is not connected to the others, snap or apt, and so far unique to Ubuntu Touch but this slows the community developments of apps.
  (I know you can activate APT/SNAP or use Libretine however it requires some knowledge and creates some risks of a bad user experience)

• What are the plans for security and privacy control?
  Will there be a way to control access for apps or internal services through the main UI?

[captainfunk]

Hi everyone ,

Thanks for the Q&A and all the work for UT !

I have a few questions :

• If we stay on Focal will we still get some updates on regular core and non-core apps ?
• Is there an upgrade on the kernel when we go from Focal to Noble ? And if so which kernel is shipped on Noble ?
• From Noble, is that hard/complex to revert back to Focal ? where can we find a "guide" ?
• Is possible or would it be possible and hard to run android apps integrated in UT without launching the full waydroid system with heavy graphical interface ?

I believe Linux mobile has a bright future considering Google is making a lot of moves toward more lockdown on Android and therefore creating problems for customs FOSS android ROM / AOSP forks. Peace

[uxes]

I saw that the FSF is working on this Librephone project. Do you think it could help Ubuntu Touch in any way? Maybe UBports should team up with them?

[Charly]

Hello community,

First of all, many thanks to everyone who made UT 24.04-1.0 possible.

It is clear that there are still some errors at the beginning.

Will there be a version 24.04-1.1 soon?

Or is the normal ota rhythm followed (every 2 months)?

Best regards
Charly

[Equareo]

Several apps in the open-store didn't work after upgrading to noble, like amazfish and ambot (works with latest update). This felt like a subpar experience compared to the xenial-> focal update where the apps in the store had a seperate focal branch and were expected to work. Why was it done differently this time?

[Moem]

@grenudi You're asking nine questions... don't be surprised if only one or two get answered! It would not be fair to have one user dominate the entire Q&A after all.

Then again, all your questions seem to come down to the same underlying question: why doesn't UT do things the way everyone else does things?

I can think of a great answer: because others are already doing that. To be honest, I don't find your line of questioning very constructive. Are you here to help, or to hinder?

Also, this thread is for the previous Q&A session.

[Bolly]

Hello @grenudi,
Apart from what has already been said to you in this and other threads, you often confuse what you want with what the volunteers and the UBports community want.

[arubislander]

@Bolly I am locking this thread. The 176th Q&A has already taken place, and this particular conversation has run its course.