More Apps Please!!
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Hi,
Just installed UT. Quite impressed, interface seems quite fluid than 8 years ago. Disappointed to see familiar Ubuntu apps are missing, any chance of having all standard Ubuntu apps ported in or available to install off the Open store?
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@tigermoth Hi, this would be a volunteer's job. This may or may not happen for apps you want to see in OpenStore. Leaving a request for these apps would raise chances a little. In fact, you could try porting some by yourself, in best case scenario recompiling the application with new build config would be enough to make it run on Noble. And some of them might work just as they are, downloaded from OpenStore.
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@idonthatevests Just a Linux user, looking for a phone OS compatible enough. Anyway thanks for your reply, I will give it a go.
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@tigermoth Do you have specific apps in mind? If they are open source, then there's a chance recompiling and updating some bits would make it work. In fact, someone did that for literal dozens of apps just recently
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@kugiigi Just the regular ones come preinstalled in Ubuntu. Email app being the most important one, the one already installed looked like buggy and unfamiliar. Evolution, Thunderbird or Fairemail would be awesome. Cheese, VLC, Chrome, open/libre office etc.
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About VLC I plan to try to port it when VLC 4.x is released because it seems to have an interface that is more mobile friendly.
About Chrome there is already Chromium in the Openstore, can it suit you, or do you want google Chrome for a specific reason? ( I guess most people if the choose not to use escape google/Android world, it might not be to install Google Chrome later in Ubuntu Touch)
For email did you try dekko2 ? (For me works well!)
From my point of view, I think you should consider, that many apps you mention have an interface designed for desktop, that would just not be pleasant to use on a phone screen, or even usable at all, if they were ported as is, this is the main reason they are no in the openstore. As a matter of fact many that you cite are installable through snap, or libertine, or other methods, and you could try that, but you will see they are of little use on a phone screen.
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@pparent Thanks for explaining that. I was presuming it would be easy-peasy to port the desktop apps to UT. Irony!
Anyway I tried Chromium, typing issue nothing prints. Chrome is more versatile for video compatibility, or may be Firefox.
I read the reviews of available email apps on Open store. Users sound like not too happy. Anyway I will try Dekko.
Is there an alternative to Gimp?
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@tigermoth I guess I misunderstood you. I thought you used Ubuntu Touch years ago and you're looking for some apps you used before
Sadly it's not easy to port those apps. The platform still needs to update some of its stack to get better Wayland/Xwayland support. That will happen but not very soon.
