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    • OpolorkO
      Opolork @Niki
      last edited by

      Hi @Niki. Welcome to the club. 👋

      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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        ptr777
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        Hi!

        I'm Peter, I'm interested in Fairphone & Ubuntu Touch.
        I have some software development background, I'm interested in open source in general.

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        • OpolorkO
          Opolork @ptr777
          last edited by

          @ptr777 Welcome. 🙂

          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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          • danfroD
            danfro @ptr777
            last edited by

            @ptr777 Hi Peter, also a warm welcome from my end. If you want to dig into development, please have a glance at our docs for some quick start info. Our app dev telegram group is linked there too. Feel free to join and ask if you have questions.

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              ptr777 @ptr777
              last edited by

              Thank you @Opolork and @danfro
              Happy to be here!

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                DJac
                last edited by

                Hi
                My name is jacques. I m french.
                I use ut from 1month, because i m looking for alternatives to the "gafam", for all the reasons we know.
                I want to give a chance to the ubuntu touch project.
                Thank you for this !

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                • MoemM
                  Moem @DJac
                  last edited by

                  @DJac Hello Jacques, welcome on board!

                  Is currently using an Op5t
                  Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                  • G
                    Glatorius
                    last edited by

                    Hello,
                    my name is Philipp, I'm 40 years old and am from Germany.

                    I use UbPorts phone as a daily driver for now more than 6 and a half years. I just noticed today through this forum, I can't believe it myself. 🙂 I experienced the good and bad stuff with it but I am satisfied.

                    I try to convince people that UbPorts is cool. 😃

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                    • VulpexV
                      Vulpex
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                      Hej everyone,
                      I'm vulpex running ubuntu touch focal dev since 2weeks on a fairphone 4.
                      Not new to Linux, I've been playing around with different distributions on different laptops over the last 10+ years.
                      (favorite because its convenient "mint")
                      (and because they teached me a lot "crunchbang/bunsenlabs)

                      I'm really excited about ut I ran with android for far too long and so far I'm happy about how functional most of my attempts are, to just use my fp4 with this operating system daily.
                      I'd like to help, i know I'm not a coder or dev!
                      But I'm a user, with that little bit extra understanding and a ton of ideas.
                      And I changed os for a reason, so my ideas are more privacy and comfort/user related.
                      Non of the social apps and other shenanigans (Netflix or spotify)....

                      More interested in a good music player (love the ut one, great sound even without eq or other presets. Just missing some functions like being able to scroll alphabetically like in the phonebook,
                      Song edit, amm).
                      File sharing and clients like soulseek and qbittorrent...
                      A stable webbrowser with all the little nibbles that one could ask for (Firefox or clones, iceweasel )
                      And ui suggestions

                      So thanks to everyone contributing, scribbling, coding, fiddling around and of course asking questions. I believe as a community we can make these phones smart again!

                      Running UT on FairPhone4
                      And loving it

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                      • OpolorkO
                        Opolork @DJac
                        last edited by

                        @DJac Welcome! 🙂

                        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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                        • OpolorkO
                          Opolork @Glatorius
                          last edited by

                          @Glatorius Welcome, Philipp. (-:

                          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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                          • OpolorkO
                            Opolork @Vulpex
                            last edited by

                            @Vulpex Welcome! 🤝

                            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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                            • Schlicki2808S
                              Schlicki2808 @Opolork
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                              Hi,
                              my name is Daniel and I'm a software developer from germany. At first - sorry for the long delay! I never introduced myself here although I'm a Ubuntu Touch user since march 2022. So I want to do this now.
                              At home, I'm using Linux Mint since july 2021, after windows update meant that my Notebook (an MSI with I7 processor) is not compatible to windows 11 😃 So I switched to Linux. Since then, I have realized how important privacy and security are. I also enjoy the freedom to configure and use my system the way I think is best.
                              In 2022, I came from android and I needed a new smartphone. But I did not want to use android again, I wanted to use a linux-based system instead with an open eco system to develop apps and with convergence. So I tried Ubuntu Touch on my Google Pixel 3a and I never regret it! This is my daily driver and I am very happy to use a system that feels very comfortable, has a simple user interface and is not dependent from Google or Apple. It feels good that uNav does not track where you are 😃
                              I also developed Touch IDE, a touch-friendly development environment. I know, the last update was 2023, but I'm going to continue this project. I have some ideas, I only need more time 😉 But it will go on.
                              So, thanks for all the hard work. I can't support at core development, but I am a very happy Ubuntu Touch user that can develop several apps and maybe give some ideas and help on several questions.

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                              • OpolorkO
                                Opolork @Schlicki2808
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                                @Schlicki2808 Greetings, Daniel, and welcome to UBports! 🤝

                                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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                                • lduboeufL
                                  lduboeuf @Schlicki2808
                                  last edited by

                                  I also developed Touch IDE, a touch-friendly development environment. I know, the last update was 2023, but I'm going to continue this project. I have some ideas, I only need more time 😉 But it will go on.

                                  Welcome,
                                  do you know this ? by Alfred
                                  https://github.com/fredldotme/Tide

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                                  • Schlicki2808S
                                    Schlicki2808 @lduboeuf
                                    last edited by Schlicki2808

                                    @lduboeuf Thanks for the hint, I will test that.
                                    -- I think, this is not a replacement for Touch IDE. But it looks promising!

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