According to an article posted on xda-developers.com, developer Erfan Abdi, has "successfully created a GSI-esque, platform-agnostic Ubuntu Touch image that can be installed on any Project Treble compliant device."
Would you please talk briefly about the UBports Generic System Image (GSI) project and what the project may mean for the future of UT on modern (Android 9+) Android devices?
Not a question, but I just want to say...
Congratulations on your progress toward completing OTA-12! Amazing work!!
Mir 0.32 release candidate discussed here. Note the logind support is nearly complete.
I suggest waiting a few months (preferably at least six months) to gauge whether GitHub will change for the worse in any way. If you notice changes for the worse, then plan an orderly exit at that time. But if you don’t notice any changes for the worse, no need to divert precious time from development.
@nexus5 said in future ubuntu touch:
Please do 3 versions of Ubuntu touch: lite, normal, maximum.
To be direct, I do NOT support your proposals. Even so, I want to THANK YOU for taking time to express your thoughts here. Again, THANK YOU!!
Also, I’m very SORRY to see that a few have “down-voted” your post, especially given that “down-votes” are anonymous on this site. Please don’t let them deter you from expressing you thoughts here. 
As for those of you who (anonymously) down-voted this post, WTF? If you don’t like a post, take a few minutes to explain what you don’t like.
As an aside, I think this site should rethink allowing anonymous down-votes. Either show who down-votes, or eliminate the option to down-vote. Just my opinion, for which I suspect that I’ll receive at least at few anonymous down-votes for expressing.
@poVoq said in The road(map) explained:
And I would like to add this related discussion/rant to it:
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4648/what-do-you-think-use-only-lomiri-as-poweruser
@mariogrip and/or @UniSuperBox and/or @dobey and/or @Flohack and/or @NeoTheThird (and/or others):
I fully support UT and appreciate the many benefits that it brings. Even so, I'd like to propose that the UBports devs consider an approach similar to what @poVoq proposes, namely:
Please consider offering a highly experimental (extra-edgy?) "Ubuntu Lomiri" build for the PinePhone that's based on nearly stock Ubuntu 20.04, but otherwise highly similar to "Manjaro Lomiri" build.
Although I agree with @poVoq's notion that many "power users" would appreciate such a build, that's not among my top reasons for requesting one. Rather, my top reasons reasons for requesting such a build for the PinePhone include the following:
Creating such an "extra-edgy" build based on nearly stock Ubuntu 20.04 would necessitate (and hopefully facilitate) a move from upstart to systemd.
Once the move to systemd is complete, snapd could be supported.
Having official snapd support for a PinePhone build would benefit those who wish to repackage clicks as snaps, and then test those snaps on a PinePhone, thereby likely accelerating efforts to repackage clicks for future “cross-platform” use.
Being based on nearly stock Ubuntu 20.04, such an "extra-edgy" build could be used as a platform onto which various aspects of UT (including aspects that must change before upgrading to Mir 2.1) could be tested individually (before being tested on a full "edge" build), which could be helpful when attempting to "walk up the stairs" associated with rebasing the full UT stack to 20.04.
For the adventurous it would be reasonable to take Ubuntu 18.04 and...
- install the Mir from the Release Candidate PPA and Unity8 from UBports;
- recompile and install QtMir locally; and,
- try logging into a Unity8 desktop session.
Reportedly, the UBports repo has been updated, and Unity8 can again be installed using the instructions found here.
Unity8 on 18.04 is discussed in Ubuntu Touch Q&A 31 starting at about 61m49s.
I have thought that you can boot a system from the SD Card as well.
Yes, you can boot the PinePhone from an SD card. But SD cards are typically slower, and less reliable, than internal storage.
Looks like the Mir team is making progress with the logind tweak.
@Marathon2422 said in PinePhone:
PostmarketOS gets "screen of death" very fast. UBports is a little bit more usable but there is a bug with onscreen keyboard that does not appear after several screen locks. Will test it with different desktop oses (debian, kali etc) until situation will change.
Given that there will soon an influx of PinePhone users who want to run UT on their shiny new Linux phones, I hope that UBports will focus like a laser on PinePhone development for the next few months, even if that means other priorities are delayed for a short time. Otherwise, if disappointed with UT on first impression, the potential users may become forever lost to one of the competing alternatives.
Potabi devs plan to "start porting Lomiri to Potabi" in August, 2021.
Heard of them?
Working with them?
I notice that Miroil has seen some recent activity. 
I know it's been touched on in previous Q&A sessions (including one featuring @alan_g as a guest), but would you please expand on:
(1) how Miroil will help UBports upgrade to Mir 2.3+ and
(2) why that's a good thing for UT and Lomiri?
@povoq said in Ubuntu Touch Q&A 98 Saturday 10th Of April At 19:00 UTC:
@shouko Yes I noticed that. I was rather wondering if there is a chance for more official support, maybe via the Ubports installer.
Honestly, I haven't tried to install UT to a newer Android (9+) phone hanving A/B slots. So I have no idea what A/B options are even possible with the current installer. But, yep, I'd really like to have a way to install to a "B" slot, while leaving Android in the "A" slot untouched (or vice versa.)
@UniSuperBox If not already possible (which it doesn't seem to be), I hope that, sometime in the future, the UT installer will allow for installing UT to a "B" slot, while leaving the factory-shipped Android in the "A" slot untouched (or vice versa).
If that's already possible, that would be welcome news to me, and so I hope that you'll discuss in this (or maybe a future) Q&A.
@shouko said in Ubuntu Touch Q&A 98 Saturday 10th Of April At 19:00 UTC:
@povoq You can unofficially dual boot A/B devices if you have UT installed on one slot and any other OS installed on another slot. You can switch slots easily using bootclt commands or use a GUI app like https://open-store.io/app/switch-my-slot.shouko to do that.
@shouko Awesome! Thanks!!
According to the project management and issue tracking page for the PinePhone:
Applications running on the PinePhone use the Wayland protocol, not MirAL, to speak to Mir. Therefore, all of the issues posted in the Waylandify project on UBports' GitHub affect Ubuntu Touch on the PinePhone.
I notice that the referenced Waylandify project hasn't been updated since July 8, 2020.
Question: Do the issues posted for the Waylandify project still affect Ubuntu Touch on the PinePhone?
If selected to become the first Norwegian in space, will @mariogrip develop UT from the Moon?
Regarding Lomiri on Manjaro ARM for the PinePhone, in your view, what are the biggest issues to be overcome?
During Q&A 93, @mariogrip mentioned that you've made much progress with systemd. Which is great news!
QUESTION: For Halium devices, are you considering the possibility of transitioning from upstart to systemd while still based on 16.04? Or will you continue using upstart until re-based on 20.04?
Speaking for myself (and only myself), I greatly enjoy hearing about your progress with the technical foundations of UT.
So...
QUESTION: With the transition to Qt 5.12 (a huge accomplishment!) nearing completion for the release of OTA-16, what will be your primary goal for OTA-17?
On Twitter, @mariogrip asked:
Ubuntu for me, please.
Also, I was surprised (and intrigued) to see someone request Lomiri on Fedora SilverBlue.
QUESTION: I realize you have many things on your plate now, and so I'm not asking about your immediate plans, but would you consider bringing Lomiri to Ubuntu Core sometime in the future?