Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9 is released. Thank you everyone involved in the testing. https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-9-focal-release-3962

@domubpkm I will be slowing down a bit, I am getting involved with this, I believe I can help get this moving way faster then without me considering I have a lot of experience with string manipulation.

@Fuseteam leave that to me I have a lot of experience python scripting for string manipulation. can do this in 1h flat. see this, my skills have improved a lot since then.

@Keneda This was to inform about this porting. Thanks for the move.

@Moem very cool! I'm not able to make it unfortunately. But definitely a very interesting event that I would like to visit next time.

@Vlad-Nirky Yes we do! It's June 6 and 7.

Updated: Now this script is almost unnecessary on Ubuntu/Debian or some Ubuntu/Debian based distros, it can still run the old script fine. But I still do this project so that other Linux distro users can still build without any problems.

Camera flashlight seems to work on Noble, interesting, but the torch itself doesn't

@wynn1212 You're the best . TBH i was hoping you would do it, because you faced the same problem. Maybe there will be a real solution soon .

My experience with Fairphone 5: Bluetooth: Working in my car for receiving and sending calls. Works also connected to a Pebble watch. GPS: Works for me, it takes 10 to 20 minutes to get a fix, in the open air or at the balcony of my place (1st floor of a building 9 floors high). Sometimes it takes longer, if I don't see a fix in 20 minutes I restart the phone. IDLE: Using the current development image the battery lasts for the whole day, unless using Waydroid for too long. I haven't seen the background apps draining battery so far. NFC I use it with Waydroid in the transport system of my city, no issues. Calls: No issues, 5G or Volte are working. SMS/MMS: SMS fine, I don't use MMS. Waydroid: Very fluid, but it hangs often when put in the background. Not a big deal because it starts in seconds. Connection to PC: No issues to mount the device in Linux, or connect with adb. Wifi/network: Disconnects if moving between WIFI antenna, but otherwise no issues.

Subject: Question: Porting Python SDL Game to Ubuntu Touch Message: Hello from France , I'm the developer of Night Invasion, a real-time multiplayer game fully written in Python. It uses Pygame (SDL under the hood) and standard libraries for networking and audio. I would like to know if it is technically feasible to port this game to Ubuntu Touch, given that: It is 100% Python (Python 3.12), It relies on pygame, pygame.mixer, and SDL for rendering/audio, It does not use any C/C++ extensions beyond SDL dependencies. Are there any compatibility issues or restrictions I should be aware of on Ubuntu Touch regarding SDL/Pygame or Python-based applications? Thank you in advance and best wishes to the community! PS it's a closed sources game because my team dont want open source Best regards, Yann Escarbassière

I wonder if could be related to a faulty charging port or cable? I was having connectivity issues with my OP5t, and it seemed like sometimes it was sometimes charging at a lower rate, despite using the Dash charger adapter or whatever. But then it became hard to charge at all, and eventually I had to replace the port (which thankfully wasn't too hard). Anyway, just a thought. Maybe try another cable for starters?

@RJDan Not in UT, no.

TL;DR: use BTRFS or proxy the ZFS via NFS @RJDan said in zfs on Ubuntu touch: [...] better supported on linux, it seemed to be a clear win for zfs. Well, unfortunately that is not the case, ZFS is not supported without adding kernel modules via DKMS. That is because of licensing issues which prevent it from being built-in the kernel like BTRFS and EXT4. DKMS cannot work on Halium kernels as they are based on patched downstream android kernel. I thought FUSE was an option, but after trying to install it on my device I found out zfs-fuse is deprecated, and I couldn't make it work. So the only way is to build the kernel with patches for the ZFS module, beforehand. This is however very complex and I wouldn't recommend it. There is a workaround, to have a NFS/Samba as a proxy to the ZFS file system so that the UT device accesses the file system remotely. The more straight-forward approach is to change the file system to BTRFS, assuming it meets your use cases. If you only need snapshots and backups, you should be fine.

@lduboeuf nice, didn't know about it yet, seems to work with this page (on a Pixel 3a) . I'd especially be interested in some features similar to "NoScript" in Firefox (blocking the dozens of other things loading)

@UBportsNews said in UBports Database Migration: Though we expect this to be a smooth process there may be unexpected surprises Famous words in the IT service. I hope it goes smoothly. Will there be an update when complete?