Q&A 62 Saturday 2nd of November at 19:00 UTC

[TotalSonic]

Has there been any actual communication from UBports with the Volla people regarding their advertising possible support for a UT port (if "stretch funding" of over $400k is met) to their proposed phone that is now having a KickStarter?
Info here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/volla/volla-phone-freedom-through-simplicity-and-security

Best regards,
Steve Berson

[A Former User]

i just wared to say "Thank you" for the new UT - I LOVE it - and express my gratitude for your continued hard work.

[domubpkm]

@3arn0wl What do you call "new" UT ? OTA-11 or new devel ? Anyway, we are on the same page, both are fine !

[A Former User]

Hehe The new new, @domubpkm - the beautiful dev channel.

[extraymond]

Q1: What's the plan onward about libertine?
With libhandy and kirigami maturing, we can assume more desktop's app's will be mobile optimized. It seems to be easier finding desktop apps that support mobile then the other way around. It aligns with the convergence goal too.

Q2: What kind of specification would new ports need for convergence to work? More broadly speaking, are there specific plan about this?

Guys you rock!!!

[poVoq]

Q1: Any plans to work more on the mobile screen part of convergence, e.g. the stuff that shows up on the phone screen when also connected to larger screen? Maybe something together with to KDEconnect support?

Q2: What is the status of Miracast support on UT? Is it still working?

[TotalSonic]

@poVoq - Miracast is working fine on OnePlus One and Meizu Pro 5 on OTA11 in my tests, when using a Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter. Font rendering is a tiny bit blurry but display is otherwise works fine (including video playback), although there is a bit of lag when using a bluetooth keyboard/trackpad with it

Best regards,
Steve Berson

[GizmoChicken]

@alan_g said in Q&A 62 Saturday 2nd of November at 19:00 UTC:

Could something like a Wiki be used on unity8.io for the current status of desktop, install instructions, etc.? And linked to from the landing page?

@UniSuperBox Until very recently, the landing page for https://github.com/ubports/unity8/ (to which the unity8.io page (and elsewhere) still links) included instructions for installing Unity8 on Ubuntu. However, the instructions for installing Unity8 on Ubuntu were removed when the "readme" file was removed. Could you at least add back the "readme" file?

[PhoenixLandPirat]

QUESTION: This is aimed at Dalton, are your legs good again yet?

[GizmoChicken]

@GizmoChicken said in Q&A 62 Saturday 2nd of November at 19:00 UTC:

@alan_g said in Q&A 62 Saturday 2nd of November at 19:00 UTC:

Could something like a Wiki be used on unity8.io for the current status of desktop, install instructions, etc.? And linked to from the landing page?

@UniSuperBox Until very recently, the landing page for https://github.com/ubports/unity8/ (to which the unity8.io page (and elsewhere) still links) included instructions for installing Unity8 on Ubuntu. However, the instructions for installing Unity8 on Ubuntu were removed when the "readme" file was removed. Could you at least add back the "readme" file?

I submitted a pull request to add back the old "readme" file, which includes instructions for installing Unity8 on Ubuntu desktop. See https://github.com/ubports/unity8/pull/221

[matteo]

@matteo thanks @NeoTheThird, @mariogrip and @UniSuperBox for replying to my question regarding the unconfined apps in OpenStore. Incidentally I'm developing an app which is unconfined not because I wanted to by-pass the apparmor rules, but because I had no choice in order to make it work (see dataMonitor).
If there will be the chance to add a confinement layer tailored on apps needs, it would be great. I hope one day my app functionalities will be included in the OS "Settings" section, but in the meantime I could eventually think to publish it on the OpenStore, following the instructions of the UBports team .