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      • OpolorkO Offline
        Opolork
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        Hi to all. I've been a member since 24-Jun-2019 (right about the time I bought a Fairphone 2). I find the folks on the UBports Forum to be very friendly and welcoming. I've also gotten to love UT. πŸ™‚

        How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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          AppLee @Eric
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          @Eric
          Hi, welcome here.

          You can watch those videos Rob made to show what is different in Ubuntu Touch compared to other Linux distros
          https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3748/exploring-ubuntu-touch-dissecting-this-linux-black-box-part-1

          Given that you have a PinePhone I think you already have checked those links :
          https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/pinephone
          And this post on Pine64's forum :
          https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8923

          You can join the telegram/matrix groups to have more interactive help.

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          • DansLeRuSHD Offline
            DansLeRuSH
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            Little (and late) presentation : I've been using Ubuntu Touch for almost a year on my Meizu Pro 5.

            Apart from a few bugs (mainly the one on Dekko that didn't handle multiple accounts well) I was very happy with the experience, I even made my honeymoon in Japan using uNav (not always simple with Japanese place names though). I even made several icons for different applications (including the one for Tiny Tiny RSS by Alberto Mardegan) and some WebApps.

            It's really Canonical's announcement to abandon the project that really pissed me off and pushed me to resell the smartphone.

            I really didn't expect the project to be resumed with so many participations and excellent work !

            Currently on an Android smartphone without Google (Meizu Pro 6 Plus), I must admit I really miss the UT experience.

            I mainly come here to discuss, get information and potentially look for a new smartphone to test the OS (and migrate later).

            Thanks for your attention !
            Franck

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            • NullaN Offline
              Nulla
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              G'day. I'm David and I'm here because I've had a long time interest in Ubuntu. (more often than not my go-to solution for repairing / resurrecting / resuscitating any old laptop at the Repair Cafe where I volunteer). Now that my Braveheart Pinephone has arrived in Oz I'm keen to see what the Ubuntu Touch experience will be like especially anything accessibility related.

              A Pinephone Braveheart adopter...

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                arubislander @Nulla
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                @Nulla Welcome on board!

                Accessibility-wise we still have a very long way to go, I am afraid. But I understand there are some community efforts in that area.

                πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ό πŸ‡³πŸ‡± πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ
                Happily running Ubuntu Touch
                Google Pixel 3a (20.04 DEV)
                JingPad (24.04 preview)
                Meizu Pro 5 (16.04 DEV)

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                  Nulla @arubislander
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                  @arubislander am keen to find out who has done what. Will keep checking over the forums and see where I can contributor as a non-coder.

                  A Pinephone Braveheart adopter...

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                  • rivalR Offline
                    rival
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                    Morning Everyone,

                    I'm Sam, and I'm a long time Linux user. I first installed SuSE on my desktop back in the 90s when I was working as Unix/C developer, writing industrial programs for AIX and HPUX. I turned to Microsoft in the early 2000's but I've been back on Ubuntu since about 2010 I think. I've recently reinstalled Windows 10 in a partition, but only because of the promise of Flight Sim 2020.

                    I started to specialise in mobile platforms in 2001, and I'm always interested in keeping a very varied choice of ecosystems in mobile platforms. I bought the Aquaris E4.5 and M10 HD tablets when they launched, and I use them weekly (if not daily).

                    I work as Head of Innovation Development for a (very) large and (very) famous FinTech company, and I'm always building things. I spent a lot of time with my soldering irons and 3d printers as well as my computers, and you can often find me at Cambridge Makespace (makespace.org)

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                      A Former User @rival
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                      @rival
                      πŸ˜„ Perhaps we could organize a mini-meet in the Baron of Beef (the pub where Chris Curry and Clive Sinclair had their famous ding-dong)?

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                      • rivalR Offline
                        rival
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                        Ha yes, I pointed it out to my son last weekend. We'd watched Micro Men previously so he knew who they were πŸ˜‰

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                          rival @DansLeRuSH
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                          @DansLeRuSH Hi Frank, I know what you mean about being pissed off. I was very cross at the time, but I guess I understand that whole of the rest of the Ubuntu product line was being held up by UT and they needed to move on.
                          uNav is great for Japan mapping data, much better than Google. I remember I took Maps.me with me last time, but I'll take uNav next time.

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                            Opolork @Nulla
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                            @Nulla said in Welcome to the UBports community! Introduce yourself here!:

                            David

                            Welcome David. πŸ™‚

                            How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                              Opolork @rival
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                              @rival Welcome Sam. πŸ™‚

                              How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                Lakotaubp @rival
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                                @rival Hello and welcome you may find this link useful https://ubports.com/meet-the-community

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                                  jjconstr
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                                  Hello, I'm Jerry. Don't have technical knowledge, just trying to use technology. Most of all leave the interference of the big companies. I have been using Ubuntu 18.04 for a few months and now will use touch when my Nexus 5 arrives. It feels so good to be free.

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                                    Lakotaubp @jjconstr
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                                    @jjconstr Hello and welcome. Use the link in the post above your one for some useful information.

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                                      Opolork @jjconstr
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                                      @jjconstr Greetings, Jerry. πŸ™‚

                                      How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                        jjconstr @Opolork
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                                        @Opolork
                                        Belatedly, Great community!

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                                          incyi
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                                          Hello World !

                                          I'm "incyi", emb. software developer for around 8 years now. Mainly write in C for cortex-m microcontrollers.

                                          Looking forward to work on some open-source projects. I just pre-ordered the PinePhone UBports edition.

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                                            Opolork @incyi
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                                            @incyi said in Welcome to the UBports community! Introduce yourself here!:

                                            incyi

                                            Greetings, incyi. πŸ™‚

                                            How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                              Lakotaubp @incyi
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                                              @incyi Hello, you may find this link useful https://ubports.com/meet-the-community

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