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      Nulla
      last edited by 18 Feb 2020, 11:36

      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
        last edited by 18 Feb 2020, 13:51

        @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
          last edited by 23 Feb 2020, 04:38

          @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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            rival
            last edited by 23 Feb 2020, 11:54

            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
              last edited by 23 Feb 2020, 12:14

              @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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                rival
                last edited by 23 Feb 2020, 12:16

                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
                  last edited by 23 Feb 2020, 12:19

                  @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
                    last edited by 23 Feb 2020, 12:47

                    @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
                      last edited by 23 Feb 2020, 12:47

                      @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
                        last edited by 23 Feb 2020, 13:26

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

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                          jjconstr
                          last edited by jjconstr 4 Apr 2020, 07:31 4 Apr 2020, 02:53

                          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
                            last edited by Lakotaubp 4 Apr 2020, 04:08 4 Apr 2020, 04:07

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

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                              Opolork @jjconstr
                              last edited by 4 Apr 2020, 08:41

                              @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
                                last edited by 7 Apr 2020, 06:23

                                @Opolork
                                Belatedly, Great community!

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                                  incyi
                                  last edited by 7 Apr 2020, 13:01

                                  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
                                    last edited by 7 Apr 2020, 13:11

                                    @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
                                      last edited by 7 Apr 2020, 13:21

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

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                                        capa77
                                        last edited by 10 Apr 2020, 09:52

                                        Hello all together,
                                        I'm on Linux since the end of '90's. I'm not a programmer or software coder. I'm building websites and manage some web and mailserver's. Sometimes I make graphics if I need them for apps or websites or Linux TV receivers.
                                        I'm using iOS since 2008 as my mobile OS. I never used android devices for personally/daily usage but I've a testing devices with lineage. I was always looking for Linux Projects on Smartphones and followed the development.
                                        Now I cant wait no more and decided to get a device. After all BH versions of pinephone was gone, last week was a good one with new UBports version and I orders one of them.
                                        To get some "practice" I got an old Nexus5. Last Day's I'm trying to get familiar withe the file system structure and looking for the theming possibilities. By the way I tested some Anbox and Libertine options

                                        So, thx for your work. Have a nice time

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                                          Lakotaubp @capa77
                                          last edited by 10 Apr 2020, 10:34

                                          @capa77 Hello and welcome please have a look at the link in the post above yours for some useful info.

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                                            Opolork @capa77
                                            last edited by 10 Apr 2020, 12:25

                                            @capa77 Greetings! 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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