The German company B1 Systems celebrates its 30th anniversary by giving away 30,000 Euro to social and open source projects. You can vote for UBports!
https://linux30.b1-systems.de
(Site in German language. After voting, you will receive an email. By clicking on the link you confirm.)
You can vote until 19th of October. That is upcoming Wednesday, so...
@CiberSheep said in Why no global BACK button/swipe motion?:
@cliffcoggin the tutorial shoould have started after selecting time zone, language, etc on the first run. If not, that's a bug: could you fill an issue here?:
https://github.com/ubports/unity8/issues
@CiberSheep & @NeoTheThird : there is a 'UT app' or Welcome app which, I believe, is installed by default. It has a menu with some useful links, but none of these point to a beginner tutorial. Could this be added?
@gt :
How to migrate all Axolotl messages to a new phone.
First a dummy guide which presumes a working screen and USB on the old phone as well.
Then a terminal guide (which I haven't tried, but more knowledgable people have).
Hope it helps! Kind regards, Alter
DUMMY GUIDE (NO TERMINAL)
Turn on flight mode
a. Put your old phone to Flight mode (switching all network off) by
clicking on the Network icon and pulling the Flight Mode slider;
b. Never put network on again, as only one instance of Axolotl can run
at any one time and it can mess up migration.
Backup the Axolotl-backup folder (and everything else you want to
keep) to your PC:
b. Attach the USB cord and connect it to your PC, preferably a USB2 port
as this works best;
c. Make sure your phone's screen is active so the PC can see the phone
(if not, enter your passphrase on the phone to unlock the screen);
d. From your PC, you can now see and copy the Axoltl-backup folder and
all its contents to your PC.
e. Same goes for all other items you'd like to keep, like any other
backupped hidden folders and Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos
Install Axolotl on new phone
a. Install Axolotl app on new phone without opening it to do setup;
Copy backup to new phone in flightmode
a. Put the Axolotl-backup folder in the Documents folder on your new phone;
b. Copy each old textsecure folder in there to the appropriate hidden
folder it was in;
c. Once done, open Axolotl on new phone and everything should be there
again.
Delete contents of old phone
a. Once migration is succesful, you can use System Settings > Reset
feature on the old phone to delete all contents.
TERMINAL GUIDE
Apparently (I haven't tried it) you can achieve same in Terminal. Short
explanation:
Hello everyone,
I am Alter, and I would describe myself as a regular user. Although I do not have any programming skills, I do have an interest in open source technology (I have been using Linux for over 10 years on my PCs now as my sole OS), security and privacy.
I do not like the duopoly of Android and iOS, and the fact that big tech companies all use data mining technologies to spy on their users to build profile databases. I also regret the fact that it is hard to break out of this, as the mobile world is very app centric and standard apps are only available for the Big Two. I want change!
Especially because of the spying issue of the Big Two, I did not own a smartphone until recently, when I acquired a Nexus 5 on which I installed Ubuntu Touch. The available apps are sufficient for my daily use. There is still room for improvement, but considering that this comes from a (I guess) smaller community: I'm amazed!
I can use contact list, calling, text, Axolotl (end-to-end encrypted messaging via signal protocol), Morph webbrowser, photo app, galery, file manager, pdf, rotation lock, flight mode (and even choose wifi on), and there is more that I haven't tried yet. The installer is great (really smooth for me) and on RC you get weekly updates.
I am also very excited about the Linux Phone hardware developments that are currently going on: Librem Phone, Pinephone and Volla. I have ordered a Pinephone UBports Community Edition and am eagerly anticipating its arrival, and I hope that it will soon be daily driver ready! OTA updates already work, so that is a big step forward.
Although I do not have any programming skills, and don't have much time now to get involved in other ways, I did make a donation to UBports and plan to do so regularly.
Also, I will contribute to Ubuntu Touch by participating in this forum, if I feel my input can be of help.
In any case, I wish this endeavor great succes!
Kind regards,
Alter
Happy Holidays everyone and have a good 2021! Let's hope we can say goodbye to Covid-19 soon, and people can meet again without fear.
Also, I wish Ubuntu Touch a successful new year! Thanks to all developers for their hard work in 2020: Keep it up, your work is appreciated!
One way to maybe get more donations:
Promoting an option of recurring (monthly) donations prominently on the site and forum. Recurring donations only need one action from the supporter and from then on generate steady incoming cash flow (as long as not actively cancelled by the donor).
The site already has a Donate page, but it could be mentioned more prominently. Perhaps with a total monthly goal and status bar? I think it would help if there is some explanation why donations are needed, what kind of things are funded with the money. The recent thread about our adblocker app is an example of what things cost to keep running, and response also shows that not everyone is aware. Maybe also specific projects could be highlighted for people to donate to, just like was done with Waydroid where funding was succesful.
@007fred50 : I will give my feedback here.
If your intentions are only good, things have to be presented better! The voting link looks creepy, so I won't click on it. But also the app's name, page on OpenStore and what you tell here is vague. And also information doesn't match.
From your explanation on this thread, your app (which is actually more than an app) is intended for large companies like Whatsapp. Those companies don't want to share source code of their apps, but they might want to publish closed versions.
If this is your goal, OpenStore already covers that. Although it promotes use of open source, it already accepts proprietary apps. Why create a new store and add fragmentation to the UT landscape?
Those companies don't even publish on the OpenStore, so why would they do this on a smaller store with only one maintainer, who also says he needs to approve every app first, and therefore needs to look at the source code? Doesn't make sense.
If companies won't use your new app store, it is only relevant for people with coding skills, who don't want to reveal the source code of their home-made app to users. Now, why would a home coder want to hide their code? In my opinion, your new store will then become a tool to create and spread malware.
As I do not see any sane purpose for this app, I would prefer to not have it on OpenStore anymore.
@flohack : I understand that the move to 20.04 is a number 1 priority, and that there are no volunteers with dev skills who can work on VoLTE support now. But VoLTE support seems to qualify for a shared number 1 prio. If UT doesn't offer VoLTE soon, at least part of its users will have to leave UT because of their network providers switching off 2 & 3G (and sooner or later this will be the case everywhere). I guess all alternative mobile OS'es are facing the same challenge and need to find a solution a.s.a.p. Wouldn't it be possible to set up a 'consortium of alternative mobile OS'es' to work on a solution (for VoLTE, and maybe e-sim and other challenges too) together? And if there are no volunteer devs, perhaps start a funding campaign to hire devs. I saw that Redhat also offers software solutions to providers to offer VoLTE. Maybe such a company would be a good partner? Also, a 'consortium' could perhaps persuade phone manufacturers to cooperate in development, because the combined OS'es together represent a bigger user group than they would alone.
I am very much hoping for more development of Axolotl (Signal client).
It is my most used app.
Sending and receiving one photo per message goes fine, text too.
I cannot however send multiple photos in one message.
I cannot receive multiple photos in one message, it then only shows 1 photo of the batch multiple times.
I cannot save/export received photos/messages.
Some messages are not delivered to me, if it contains other content.
This may sound very negative, but it's not intended to be.
I understand development takes a lot of time, but Axolotl is an important app for me. Hopefully it will get more development soon.
@ubportsnews On the new devices page https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ (which is very nice by the way!) the Nexus 5 and One Plus One are still labeled as Promoted. In the last Q&A, they were mentioned as devices which may be left behind when the move to 20.04 is made. Is it still wise to encourage newcomers to buy these devices? And which future-proof devices are the most mature and daily driver ready? Pinephone is still in early development from what I understand, and not for sale atm anyway.
@thedeafenguy : which country?
I don't have this provider, but important to know for people who do is where you are from, so they can give you a good answer.
@Charly : Volla/Hallo Welt do not operate this forum, this is done by volunteers from the Ubuntu Touch community. It may be that your question just escaped the attention of one of the forum wizards.
@Moem : I agree. It's not a mobile-only solution, but if that's no must, then it works well!
@daivdccd :
I use Teleports on UT mobile and Telegram Desktop on my Ubuntu PC
https://snapcraft.io/telegram-desktop
Happy holidays everyone!
@tuXut : Nice funny card. It sure brings challenges, the transition to renewable energy, even for Santa, who would've guessed?
@muskist : I'm using Axolotl (from OpenStore) on phone with Ubuntu Touch 20.04. I haven't tried the latest (.click?) versions from the Axolotl-dev Telegram group.
I have used (as secondary app (on my Ubuntu desktop PC) official Signal desktop with (as first app) Axolotl on phone. This worked for me. Haven't tried recently.
@sony : It does. But I was lucky to have registered before registration broke in Axolotl.
@GT : I don't know the reason for it. Perhaps the Axolotl dev group can help you. You need to install TELEports app (UT's Telegram client) and after that can join via this link: https://t.me/axolotl_dev
@sony : AFAIK the current Axolotl status is:
Axolotl is an unofficial 3rd party app for Signal, available for several mobile OS'es, and maintained by volunteers which you can reach via Telegram.
They are working hard to redesign the app so they can adapt faster to changes on Signal's servers. Signal makes changes a lot and that is what breaks functionality, and they have to adapt.
So short answer: they're working on it.
@mihael : maybe same issue as in the recent thread named 'Dekko 2 and Microsoft Exchange Servers'?