Welcome to the UBports community! Introduce yourself here!

potet · 6 Aug 2020, 20:45

I find it somewhat fascinating to read about the different people in this community, so I guess I'll contribute to adding myself to the list.

I'm a Scandinavian in my mid 20s who started using Linux when Mark Shuttleworth was kind enough to ship me one of those amazing live CDs back 2007. I've been using Ubuntu ever since (beginning with Gutsy Gibbon), with only minor distro hopping now and then.

Despite having used Linux as my daily driver for half my life (starting at year zero!) I am not at all a technical user - I'm a part of the silent minority that will sometimes report bugs or donate, but from day to day I'm occupied with studies. Currently doing a PhD in political science. I am however quite comfortable with R and some statistical analysis, so reach out if there should be any demand for that.

I've been following Ubuntu Touch since it was announced, but none of my old phones have been left in a working condition to play around with it before now. Will try to get it up and running on my old (semi broken) Nexus 6P as soon as I get it back from a friend, and hopefully transition into using it as a daily driver as soon as possible.

Ten years ago I was quite enthusiastic about Android. I'm not sure whether I grew cynical or Google grew evil. Possibly both. I'm also sick of short life cycles, and my next purchase when I have to will probably be a Fairphone.

Most of all I'm probably here as a consequence of the ongoing pandemic - being locked in an apartment in a foreign country for months has given me time to rediscover interests from my teenage years, from Linux to Animal Crossing. This certainly has a similar feeling to it as when I got that CD more than a decade ago.

Truly impressed by the work you're all putting into this, and am more excited about Ubuntu Touch now than I was when I still thought the Edge might happen. I also think you've got a really nice little community going on here. Excellent work!

Nathan123 · 9 Jun 2020, 03:15

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Opolork · 13 Jun 2020, 06:11

@Fritzle

Greetings, Michael.

Opolork · 13 Jun 2020, 06:12

@rubel

Greetings, Dan.

Kazuma · 13 Jun 2020, 11:20

Hello everyone,

I'm Kazuma from Japan, since discovered with this so great project, decided to port this on My Samsung Galaxy J6+ (J610G), due to ages over 40, and have experience with Computer Hardware engineering long time ago, so please don't ask me with Software thing because I can't answer with it, thanks!

BR,
Kazuma.

Lakotaubp · 13 Jun 2020, 11:24

@Kazuma Hello and welcome. You might find this link of use https://ubports.com/meet-the-community

Opolork · 13 Jun 2020, 12:09

Greetigns, @Kazuma. :hand_with_fingers_splayed_medium-light_skin_tone:

mungorae · 9 Jul 2020, 15:05

Hi!

I'm Alex.

Android dev by trade. I've played around with ubuntu touch before but never for long. I'm looking into it again recently because I have always found it interesting. Been learning about QML which has been new to me as I have never used it before. Coming from an Android background I have never had to develop C/C++ in anger, so being able to combine it with python made things easier.

I'll have a look around and see if I can find some way to be useful

Regards
Alex

Moem · 9 Jul 2020, 15:06

@mungorae Heya Alex! Great to have you on board!

Lakotaubp · 9 Jul 2020, 16:11

@mungorae Hi, This might help https://ubports.com/meet-the-community

Opolork · 9 Jul 2020, 18:52

@mungorae Greetings, Alex.

Chim · 10 Jul 2020, 15:13

Hello Community !

My Name is Achim Berg, i´m 33 years old and living in Germany.
I recently fell over UT and now i think i want to be a part of it.

My first(and last) Ubuntu Phone was the BQ Aquaris 4.5. I bought it to see what can be possible and it was interesting seeing something different than Android and Apple.

I´m changing my lifestyle and i want to learn new things. One of my personal Golas this year is a Programming Language.
I thought about Python, can somebody tell me if i can use Python as a Programming language on the UT device?
For Apps or something like that?

I have read something about Unity8, is that the normal Language for UT?
Sorry for that Question, i just want to bring me in somehow, maybe i can help with German Translation?

I have a few Experiences in Java programming, cause of my Education as IT Specialist Systemintegration.

I hope for your Support and i wish all of you a happy weekend and good health !

See you all !

Probably my BQ Aquaris 4.5 Ubuntu is a bit weak for further Upgrades, is the OTA-10 the newest Version of UT?
Anyone got a advice, which Phone on the Devices list is a good one where i can tinker a bit?

tnywatkns · 10 Jul 2020, 16:50

Hi all!

My name is Anthony, I'm 34 (been told I look 24 recently) and am currently living in Kentucky, USA. I work as an IT Tech at a hospital.

Ubuntu Touch has been on my radar for awhile, I was running a OnePlus with UBports last year. I recently picked up a PinePhone community edition and hoping to contribute to development by complaining about what doesn't work.

I've noticed nearly everyone else here can do some cool stuff with complex programming or other hard next level programming stuff. So the following is a list of things I can do; ride a mountain bike really fast down a mountain/hill/trail, do a shuv it and a 180 and sometimes a heel flip on skateboard (at the age of 34 mind you), lose to my 7 yr old at Pokemon TCG, and I can lift some weights sometimes. So I'm practically useless unless you want some poorly done HTML and bash scripting. But I will complain loudly when I encounter something that doesn't work, so there's that I guess.

Anyway, I look forward to the day when UBports can be my daily driver OS and am in awe of the amazing work going on here, keep it up everyone!

tnywatkns · 10 Jul 2020, 17:13

@Chim I had a very good experience with the OnePlus, it was practically ready for daily use for me, until I broke the sim card reader with my stupid nano to micro sim adapter tray.

Opolork · 10 Jul 2020, 17:46

@Chim Greetings, Achim.

Opolork · 10 Jul 2020, 17:47

@tnywatkns Greetings, Anthony.

Lakotaubp · 10 Jul 2020, 19:09

@Chim and @tnywatkns Hello and welcome to UBports have a look here to start with https://ubports.com/meet-the-community it might be of use and don't worry about not being an expert programmer or such very few of us are and we all start somewhere. :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

commisde · 13 Jul 2020, 13:14

hi, my name is max (commisde) i have a german passport and mostly live in east of germany. BSc food science. i use ubuntu and UT on a nexus 4 (daily driver) since 2 weeks.

i have very little programming experience (turbo pascal in school, script kiddie use of an instagram bot, some terminal stuff in ubuntu, colobot) but like logical thinking and working, so i have the feeling, i can understand the idea of how programs work.

i am a little fed up with how smartphone technology in society is used atm and want to contribute to the potential of it for good.

Lakotaubp · 13 Jul 2020, 16:00

@commisde Hello and welcome. This link might be of use https://ubports.com/meet-the-community or just jump right in.

Opolork · 13 Jul 2020, 19:10

@commisde Greetings to you, Max.