[Release] HomeSpike v1.0 — a real home screen for Ubuntu Touch (multi-page, dock, drag-to-reorder, three placement modes, true multitasking)
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@Linus67 It's not really a mixing of topics. Same topic two locations. I'm clearly not welcome here as far as the maintainers are concerned. I am capable and I have the time to devote. But all around I have never had this sort of pushback from an open source project especially since I am donating time and effort. Most projects I work with are a whole lot more welcoming and happy to see the work and have discussions about how I can help. This community is not the place for me. I wish you guys all the best.
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@Zer0
It’s a shame if you’re thinking of turning your back on this UT community. I only see the public conversations. I don’t know much about the rules in open-source projects. My field of expertise is mechanical engineering and control systems. But even in this industry, there are often differences that seem insurmountable. Most of the time, it has nothing to do with the actual issue.Maybe the train has already left the station when it comes to the App Drawer gold plating. We’ll just have to see what happens next and what comes of it.
In the meantime, try creating a standalone app for Ubuntu Touch—it’ll make everyone’s jaws drop. (Long faces)
You have what it takes to write a really great app. Go for it! -
In the meantime, try creating a standalone app for Ubuntu Touch—it’ll make everyone’s jaws drop.
I agree, that would be very cool!
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@Moem What I'm working on now is a lua based lomiri replacement that doesn't lock anyone into anything ui wise. The entire ui would be scripted in lua on the phone if desired. If you write some bad code that borks the ui, it will drop back into a built in editor with built in git versioning so If you bork the ui you can literally one tap into a previous version and get back up and running. I'm building this for myself largely to see if I can. I'm thinking of calling it LUAmiri but will probably settle on another name since I don't want to get confused as being associated with lomiri. They clearly don't want that either.
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@Zer0
My Windows partition is full of projects like that (solo efforts) from the last century. Some of them are even still running. I never got any credit for them.
If you really want to be successful, remember: “It’s incredible what you can achieve when you don’t care who gets the credit for it.”
I’m definitely looking forward to seeing the first drafts. At the rate you’re developing, that won’t be long now.
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@Zer0 can you tell me more about how that works? or show it even in a video? it sounds interesting... i defo need to start learning some coding because these kind of things sound so interesting.. like i call it ui hacking xD.
like what kugi does with the ui, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R74Ylg0fQkY
so interesting and valuable to all of us.
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@nbdynl when I have the idea fully spec'ed out ill post it here for you guys to read.
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@Zer0 Amazing! i will sit here and eat chips and popcorn till you finish...
Goodluck building the hacky LUAmiri
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@Zer0 It seems you haven't quite gotten over the desktop thing yet.
I watched the UBports Q&A 191 from May 30, 2026, today and was surprised when your questions about desktop optimization suddenly came up.
In fact, the UBports team had already put the topic on their agenda in Q&A 189.
*UBports Q&A 189 on May 3th, 2026.
New Experimental Feature: Desktop Icons with Categories:
Allows moving icons on desktop, currently buggy but serves as foundational design.
Application categorization (e.g., Media, Household, Work, System) is promising for bringing back "Scopes" concept.
Works well in both horizontal and vertical display, improving usability on larger devices.*Focusing on a new project is definitely the right way to go here. But please give us an easy-to-install alpha release app like “Greenline.” Getting V-Spike up and running was a real struggle. And after an update, no one wants to go through that again.
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In fact, the UBports team had already put the topic on their agenda in Q&A 189.
That's why I said this.
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@Moem Please accept my apologies for the redundant information. I sometimes skim over things when reading, and English isn't my native language. On Error Resume Next
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