How Can I Contribute OR Why YOU Will Drop Ubuntu Touch Entirely
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what phone OS are you using and have you been using in your daily life?
I have clearly stated that this thread is not a discussion about personal tastes, hardware choices, or daily-driver experiences.
It's still a good question. It provides a little context for your experiences. Please answer it, it does not require a new thread for such a simple statement. We have shown you goodwill, please extend the same to us.
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@Moem I've used lineageos for years, keeping in mind ubtouch from those promos back in the day first pine phone came. Didn had money, time for it at the time, but kept in the back of my head that there are ppl moving linux mobile forward and I'll join when I can. About a year ago I started device hopping, landed on the thought that there is legendary (in my head at this point) ubtouch. Went through the list of best supported devites, some instructions, tips, forums, watched some videos wich turned out mostly to be from 2022,23 or crap quality, no detaided examitations (wich was strange but I did not pay attention to it). So 1 month of going though tedious xiaomi unlocking, and I've had the working ubtouch phone, the rest is history on the forum. Ah, after ubtouch dissapointment, I've bought pixel 7 for daily with graphene os, serves its needs. As for linux mobile looking into daily drivers stated at mobian, postmarked, and a ways to participate there as stated in the document. Here I'm currently to clarify for others, who may need the clarification, what I didnt know back then.
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@grenudi Thank you!
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@grenudi Thank you!
the rest is history on the forum.
Can you re-explain briefly what turned you off about Ubuntu Touch as a user? Because in your messages I feel it's more development philosophy concerns.
Personally I don't pretend that Ubuntu Touch is ideal. The fact that it is using Halium and proprietary blob is clearly a tradeoff, and I would prefer 10 times running a mainline Linux with 100% Foss ( I think everyone would ). And Mir1.x does not seem to me the best compositor in the world, we'll see about Mir2.x.
The thing is that when you are really committed to not using Android-based or IOS mobile OS, and use a Foss-Oriented OS, well Ubuntu Touch saves the show. If I had to use postmarketOS or Mobian as a daily driver it would greatly handicap my personal and social life. And sailfishOS is partiality proprietary so I don't see the point to prefer a locked-down environment to another. So for me your concerns are of secondary importance in comparison to what UT provides: a Linux mobile experience that does not handicap me too much in my daily life and social life, and that has served me for years.
Ps: I'm surprised that you don't seem concerned that your Android-based phones are running the same kind of vendor non-mainline kernel that are not the latest versions, and that get outdated in the exact same way as UT kernels.
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@pparent ty for your opinion on the matter.
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