@unisuperbox thanks for sharing the thoughts of the team... I second the release every fortnight as updates should come fast and predictibal - the weekly release of lineage is highly anticipated by their user base...
of course one can follow the xfce path as well ;-) it's ready when it's ready

@advocatux I didn't mean under ut - it's the general battery performance caused by the undersized battery... It's been bad with every os I tested so far (android, cm, lineage, sailfish and Ubuntu) and with every replacement battery so far ;-) - but if you can handle this it's a great device...

What's wrong with a nexus 5? It's a decent device with decent camera and a good size. Plus you can get nearly every spare part you might need.. Can't say that for any other device (ex fairphone 2) out there... Only issue is the bad battery performance...

If your os runs smooth on your device, where is the need for posh hardware?

Have a look at lineage stats, there are loads nexus 5 devices out there and running

Cheers

@bam said in Dekko2 Developer Community Thread:

Thanks @thrrgilag for shedding light on this!
Still doubt if Email is closed source by Jolla (never heard of this before), but it's another topic I think..

The UI is closed source the underlying things not - as in most of Sailfish native apps except the browser - although you can find pretty much by looking into the system files as many things are in qml and not hidden ...
What is open source and what not in Sailfish OS

@krille second this proposal

Hi, go to dekko on github - under issues there is a thread about this and a download of an unreleased version that solves that issue

@bastos flash twrp recovery (flash only recovery!) for your device and do a backup - save it on your computer or external sd and flash back to ubports recovery ... worked for me in every circumstances as twrp is hassle free and reliable ...

@advocatux said in Two weeks only on UT:

That's perfectly fine for me. People come to free software when they're tired of proprietary abuse, and they're ready to fight, like voting with their wallets against walled-garden bank apps.

Sorry I have to disagree, that's not how most people behave... Most human beings are just to comfortable with their routine...

The point of an emulated environment is that you have the freedom to use it but you don't have to... That's the point of freedom and openness for me - I can't agree with anything that has to be this or that way to be the true thing... Freedom means choice and the acceptance (not only tolerance) of other ways to see and do things ;-)... So if people want to use this or that app with this or that emulator it's their freedom of choice. If you want to avoid that emulated environment, it's your freedomnot to install it ;-) win-win situation

@advocatux
I agree with you, but as long as the public bodies (or more likely the companies carrying out the public services on contract) are not willing to to even set up a mobile webpage where you can use their services (it works great with German HandyTicket which is unfortunately only available in a few regions) there is no real choice... only thing I could do is refusing to use the app and buying more expensive tickets on the bus ...
Another scenario are the banking apps - especially the new banking startups that relay on apps only like revolut (you can’t access your account without an app) so you can only choose an account at another bank - I’m sure most people are more willing to choose another device/platform ...

I’m aware an emulator is not helping to push the companies to develope their apps for another platform but neither is a user base from just a few hundred to few thousand people.
So without the possibility to run apps people need to use we won’t get them to UT and with the small user base companies are not interested in developing their apps for UT ... has been like that on desktop Linux so wine came handy ... today I’m not needing a single windows application on my Linux machine any more ...

Hi, on my holidays to Cuba I decided to take only my Nexus 5 with UT with me ...
After two weeks - it worked that’s the summary ...
A few things have been a bit, well, uncomfortable ... but if you step out of your comfort zone ...it worked

Signal - not showing the pics before clicking on them ... and notifications only when app is running ... but messages and pics and calls are working - check
Messages and calls - check
Internet - check
Wlan Access - check
Offline maps - check (but Osm scout doesn’t download the maps for northrhyne Westfalia any more for example so it depends where you’re travelling - and hiking routes are only didplayed in the closest zooming Level what’s is kind of unusable)
Ebooks - check
Audiobooks - check
Currency converter - only online (unusable in Cuba with mostly no WiFi)
Translator - only online (unusable in Cuba with mostly no WiFi)
Telegramm - Check
Whatsapp - not that I need it but missed nearly all my birthday congratulations ;-) - not available - but not adorable anyway

It freezes sometimes on the Nexus 5 and there is the odd reload of the UI every now and then ... but most times it works ....

So it worked fo me ... and if more people would ditch WhatsApp ... there would be no showstopper any more ..at least as the second phone ... for the use as a primary device it needs some androids support as I won’t start buying more expensive paper tickets for public transport again ...

But I need two phones anyway ...