@libremax Thanks for posting! I'm still at Bornhack, and beside the talk, there are so many folks here who are interested in Ubuntu Touch. Now that people know that I'm using it, lots of people want to talk to me about it and ask me questions, and I answer as many as I can.
My show-and-tell device (BQ Aquaris E4.5) goes from hand to hand (yes, we use sanitizer) and people are amazed by the smooth operation, and more when I tell them how old it is.

I'm hoping to be causing a small influx of interest in our OS and community. I'm certainly doing my best to do so!

I was one of the volunteers humanning the stand, and it was great. We were able to answer a lot of questions, we showed many different devices on our stand, and people were quite enthousiastic about what we had to show and say. It was an inspiring day and we helped promote UT and make contact with organisations for possible collaboration. Time well spent!

Unfortunately, there is currently no native, working Signal client for UT and this is unlikely to change soon. But if that's a problem that impacts you, read on! I found a solution that works well for me and maybe it will work for you, too.

My solution consists of several parts:

• Signal for Android, running in Waydroid. You can download it from their webpage or from F-Droid or Aurora Store.
• Signal Desktop running on several computers, and linked to the first Signal, which is the primary device. All others are secondary devices. You can have only one primary.
• Cinny, running on UT, using a Matrix bridge to connect to Signal. This is very new to me and yet it was easy.

I followed these instructions given by Danfro:

For everyone here who is looking for an alternative to use Signal on Ubuntu Touch.
There is a matrix signal bridge hosted here: https://tchncs.de/matrix.
This can be used with Cinny or any other Matrix client. Instructions are given on the website there.
Because Cinny in OpenStore is quite outdated, feel free to use my updated version from the CI here: https://github.com/Danfro/cinny-click-packaging/actions.
Note: Some things do still not work. Image download is fine, but right now no other file types. I am working on it...

• Open Cinny (or another matrix client)
• create a new room
• invite the bridge bot @signalbot:tchncs.de
• open your primary signal device and head for settings, linked devices
• add new device
• got to chat with bridge bot and type "login" as message
• scan the qr code with your primary device, it should now link them
  Done.

I had an extra step because my primary is running in Waydroid and it's a pain generating and scanning a QR code on one and the same device, plus it refused to work. So I installed the latest Cinny on a spare phone and used that to link Cinny to Signal. It worked fine.

I hope this is useful to anyone else!

YESSS
It's working! I have zoom, autofocus and flash! This is the last thing that was missing for me to be able to say that the phone is fully functional under UT!

Excuse me while I dance the happy dance...

@cliffcoggin said in Ushby have released an official Review on UT.:

I suggest the review is removed until a more objective one can be written.

Let's cut the author a little slack. They're allowed to voice their opinions, even if their opinions are based on a misunderstanding; as for feeling ill, the world would in my view be a better place if everyone was this open and honest about what influenced their mood at a certain time.

Ubuntu Touch:
It's in your hands.

@domubpkm said in How are the projects doing?:

we have never been used to such silence

It just shows how much Dalton did, and that he's being missed. I'm sure we will adjust, but it takes a little time.

@moem said in T-Shirt Slogan Competition!!:

Own
your phone

I'm revising this one to:

Ubuntu Touch:
The phone
you own

This would go great with this 'Yumi loves smartphone' image:

@nero355 said in Life with BQ4.5 after 20.04:

They need to have some kind of plan when it comes to porting to certain phone models for example!
At the moment it seems all a bit random ?!

Well, most of the porting is done by the community, that means by volunteers, to their abilities and at their leisure. You can't really plan for what volunteers all over the world may or may not be willing and able to do; they're not employees after all. In other words, from its very nature, it will always be a bit random.

On a strictly personal title: can you please refrain from telling the team what they need to do, must do or have to do? It sounds so demanding.
I know you probably don't mean it like that but it does come across that way.

@nero355 said in Life with BQ4.5 after 20.04:

@moem said in Life with BQ4.5 after 20.04:

I don't know, I'm not a porter. But it seems likely that there are.

So that's a NO then...

No, it isn't. It's an "I don't know". Again, please read what I wrote and don't put words in my mouth.

The ?! means I am surprised or shocked...

Then it seems you are surprised or shocked most of the time.

Maybe you got used to it step by step over the years ??

No, that can't be it. I've not even had it for half a year.

Have you compared SoT's of your phone against when the phone was new ?

No. I don't really care; it is what it is, and if I don't consider it good enough I will either get a different battery or a different phone.

And now I will take a break from reading your messages and replying to you, because our personal styles aren't very compatible. My own battery needs a recharge, so to speak.

@rdfrs said in How I'm now using Signal on UT:

Do you know if there is also a bridge for whatsapp ?

Read through the thread, I believe there is a post about that. I don't use it myself.

@rdfrs The easiest way is to send each contact a message through Signal or Signal Desktop and then they will appear in Cinny. You should see an invitation come in for each of them.

@Luksus Ah, thank you for explaining. So, as I understand it, there is work to be done before the Op5(t) can be moved forwards to Noble.

Sorry, it's impossible. There is no version of 20.04 available for that device.

If you want to wipe it, you can either use the restore button in the settings or use the Installer and reinstall right over the current installation.

@Luksus said in OP5T removed from device list 20.04...:

the OP5T will still be supported in the future, since I am involved in the port.

Luksus, can I ask you to please take action on this? It makes me so sad to see my phone sit there looking as if it's abandoned. It would be appreciated.

Some of their applications can run on Waydroid. But most people who are using Ubuntu Touch wish to get away from Google. Personally I want to avoid Android applications and the Google Playstore.

If we are going to do everything that Android does, what would make us special? Why would we even bother?

Do you think that there are any viruses that will run on Ubuntu Touch?

@PiotrBujakowski I think you mean Volla Tablet? I'm moving your post to the Volla section.

@bamboy360 said in Elevate Push Notifications from WayDroid to UT?:

that I was led to believe would fully run as expected in containers

Aye, I think herein lies the rub. Maybe your expectations were set too high.

Yes, there is a cost involved in gaining more privacy. It's paid in loss of convenience. It's up to each of us whether we think that's a good deal. No one will (or should) look down on you for making a choice in that regard that's different from their own.

@bamboy360 As far as I know, as of today there is not. It's not intended behaviour, but it's the way it works because Waydroid's notifications don't make it out of the container.

But there are other ways to use Signal. I wrote about the way I use Signal on UT here:
https://forums.ubports.com/post/84898
I must note that on Cinny, encrypted chats (such as all Signal chats are) do not pass the contents of their messages on to notifications. As far as I know, that is intended behaviour.