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    • Donate anonymously 1€/$ by year to UBports, all Ubuntu Touch users can do it ! Demonstration...

      Demonstration

      1. A priori, anyone who makes the choice to waste tens or hundreds of euros/dollars in a smartphone has the means to intelligently use 1 €/$ by year to promote the development of the mobile OS component of this smartphone.

      2. With Liberapay, the recurrent donations platform built with free software and translated into 22 languages, it's super easy and cheap to make anonymously a donation of 1€/$ by year.

      3. Conclusion: Any Ubuntu Touch user can easily give 1€/$ by year (or more for some) to UBports via Liberapay.

      Strangely, at the moment, only 40 Ubuntu Touch users (I presume) seem aware of this.
      For the reputation and aura of the UBports project, it would be awesome that it be the one by far with the largest number of supporters on Liberapay.

      So and because free as in "free speech" doesn't mean free as in "free beer", it's time to wake up, huge crowd of Ubuntu Touch users, overcome the huge laziness, and tries to saturate Liberapay server with your constant stream of very small (or large) donations !

      Updates :

      1. May 24 2018: 42 patrons, + 2
      2. May 29 2018: 44 patrons, + 2
      3. June 20 2018: 50 patrons, +6
      4. July 9 2018: 56 patrons, +6
        ...
      5. May 18 2021: 108 patrons, + 52
      posted in General liberapay donation ubports
      libremaxL
      libremax
    • UBports and UT stats

      2020 is an important milestone for UBports and UT with new phones (pinephone, librem5 and may be vollaphone), halium 7.1 and may be Halium 9.1 to be used for new hardwares porting, new QT stack within sight :-), collaboration with others communities increasing,...

      So it's interesting to follow how this affects certain data that are publicly available and gives an idea of the growth of the audience for UBports community and Ubuntu Touch.

      20211116 (YYMMDD)

      Twitter @UBports: 10,5K (~+0,5K) followers,
      Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@ubports: 1,81K (+0,13k) followers
      Telegram group UBports [ENGLISH] : 3717 (+27) members,
      UBports forum: 6912 (+389) accounts, (L-00*, excluded),
      Openstore Apps: 1055 (+21) (547(+29) + 167(-6)+ 341 (-2)),
      translate.ubports.com "Used languages": 151 (+0),
      translate.ubports.com "Registered users": 551 (+8)
      Donators via Liberapay: 116 (+3)
      Devices supported by UT : All 78 (+14), Phones 68 (+13), Tablets 7 (+1)
      Distrowatch Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 98 (120), 6 months: 98 (119), 3 months: 116 (75), 4 weeks: 107 (85)
      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      Twitter @UBports](https://twitter.com/UBports😞 10K (~+0,5K) followers,
      Twitter @postmarketOS (https://twitter.com/postmarketOS😞 7562 (+782) followers,
      Twitter /e/ foundation (https://twitter.com/e_mydata😞 7672 (+523) followers,
      Twitter @hello_volla (https://twitter.com/hello_volla); 1608 (+170) followers,
      Twitter @thepine64 (https://twitter.com/thepine64😞 33,4K (+2,9k) followers,
      Twitter @Puri_sm (https://twitter.com/Puri_sm😞 22,2K (+0,6k) followers,
      Twitter @JollaHQ (https://twitter.com/JollaHQ😞 38,9k (-0,1K) followers
      Twitter @thefxtec (https://twitter.com/thefxtec😞 2706 (+112) followers

      20210813 (YYMMDD)

      Twitter @UBports: 10K (>= +509) followers,
      Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@ubports: 1,68k (-0,01k) followers
      Telegram group UBports [ENGLISH] : 3690 (+94) members,
      UBports forum: 6523 (+324) accounts, (L-00*, excluded),
      Openstore Apps: 1034 (+16) (518 (+12) + 173 (+5)+ 343 (+1)),
      translate.ubports.com "Used languages": 151 (+0),
      translate.ubports.com "Registered users": 543 (+17)
      Donators via Liberapay: 113 (+6)
      Devices supported by UT : All 64 (+6), Phones 55 (+6), Tablets 6 (+0)
      Distrowatch Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 100 (125), 6 months: 94 (129), 3 months: 92 (128), 4 weeks: 49 (212)
      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      Twitter @UBports](https://twitter.com/UBports😞 10K (>= +509) followers,
      Twitter @postmarketOS (https://twitter.com/postmarketOS😞 6780 (+629) followers,
      Twitter /e/ foundation (https://twitter.com/e_mydata😞 7149 (+638) followers,
      Twitter @hello_volla (https://twitter.com/hello_volla); 1438 (+161) followers,
      Twitter @thepine64 (https://twitter.com/thepine64😞 30,5 (+1,9k) followers,
      Twitter @Puri_sm (https://twitter.com/Puri_sm😞 21,6 (+0,4k) followers,
      Twitter @JollaHQ (https://twitter.com/JollaHQ😞 39k (-0,3K) followers
      Twitter @thefxtec (https://twitter.com/thefxtec😞 2594 (+89) followers

      20210513 (YYMMDD)

      Twitter @UBports: 9491 (+441) followers,
      Mastodon @ubports@framapiaf.org: 1,69k (+0,14k) followers
      Telegram group UBports [ENGLISH] : 3596 (-3) members,
      UBports forum: 6199 (+309) accounts, (L-00*, excluded),
      Openstore Apps: 1016 (+2) (506 (+20) + 168 (-19)+ 342 (+1)),
      translate.ubports.com "Used languages": 151 (+0),
      translate.ubports.com "Registered users": 526 (+20)
      Donators via Liberapay: 107 (+3)
      Devices supported by UT : All 58 (+0), Phones 49 (+0), Tablets 6 (+0)
      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      Twitter @UBports](https://twitter.com/UBports😞 9491 (+441) followers,
      Twitter @postmarketOS (https://twitter.com/postmarketOS😞 6151 (+655) followers,
      Twitter /e/ foundation (https://twitter.com/e_mydata😞 6787 (+633) followers,
      Twitter @hello_volla (https://twitter.com/hello_volla); 1277 (+119) followers,
      Twitter @thepine64 (https://twitter.com/thepine64😞 28,6k (+2,3k) followers,
      Twitter @Puri_sm (https://twitter.com/Puri_sm😞 21,2 (+0,6k) followers,
      Twitter @JollaHQ (https://twitter.com/JollaHQ😞 39,3k (-0,2K) followers
      Twitter @thefxtec (https://twitter.com/thefxtec😞 2505 (+92) followers

      20210213 (YYMMDD)

      Twitter @UBports: 9050 (+674) followers,
      Mastodon @ubports@framapiaf.org: 1,55k (+0,26k) followers
      Telegram group UBports [ENGLISH] : 3599 (+218) members,
      UBports forum: 5890 (+196) accounts, (L-00*, excluded),
      Openstore Apps: 1014 (+27) (486 (+19) + 187 (+1)+ 341 (+7)),
      translate.ubports.com "Used languages": 151 (+8),
      translate.ubports.com "Registered users": 506 (+27)
      Donators via Liberapay: 104 (+18)
      Devices supported by UT : All 58, Phones 49, Tablets 6
      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      Twitter @UBports](https://twitter.com/UBports😞 9050 (+674) followers,
      Twitter @postmarketOS (https://twitter.com/postmarketOS😞 5496 (+656) followers,
      Twitter /e/ foundation (https://twitter.com/e_mydata😞 6154 (+874) followers,
      Twitter @hello_volla (https://twitter.com/hello_volla); 1158 (+201) followers,
      Twitter @thepine64 (https://twitter.com/thepine64😞 26,3k (+2,6k) followers,
      Twitter @Puri_sm (https://twitter.com/Puri_sm😞 20,6 (+1,2k) followers,
      Twitter @JollaHQ (https://twitter.com/JollaHQ😞 39,5k (-0,3K) followers
      Twitter @thefxtec (https://twitter.com/thefxtec😞 2413 (+249) followers

      20201113 (YYMMDD)

      Twitter @UBports: 8376 (+685) followers,
      Mastodon @ubports@framapiaf.org: 1,29k (+0,13k) followers
      Telegram group UBports [ENGLISH] : 3381 (+180) members,
      UBports forum: 5694 (+ 299) accounts, (L-00*, excluded),
      Openstore Apps: 987 (-91) (467 (-66) + 186 (-15)+ 334 (-10)),
      translate.ubports.com "Used languages": 143 (+0),
      translate.ubports.com "Registered users": 479 (+20)
      Donators via Liberapay: 86 (+1)
      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      Twitter @UBports](https://twitter.com/UBports😞 8376 (+685) followers,
      Twitter @postmarketOS (https://twitter.com/postmarketOS😞 4840 (+833) followers,
      Twitter /e/ foundation (https://twitter.com/e_mydata😞 5280 (+626) followers,
      Twitter @hello_volla (https://twitter.com/hello_volla); 957 (+175) followers,
      Twitter @thepine64 (https://twitter.com/thepine64😞 23,7k (+2,8k) followers,
      Twitter @Puri_sm (https://twitter.com/Puri_sm😞 19,4k (+0,4k) followers,
      Twitter @JollaHQ (https://twitter.com/JollaHQ😞 39,8k (-0,3K) followers
      Twitter @thefxtec (https://twitter.com/thefxtec😞 2164 followers

      20200813 (YYMMDD)

      Twitter @UBports: 7691 (+ 1184) followers,
      Mastodon @ubports@framapiaf.org: 1,16k (+306) followers
      Telegram group UBports [ENGLISH] : 3201 (+393) members,
      UBports forum: 5395 (+ 664) accounts, (L-00*, excluded),
      Openstore Apps: 1078 (+42) (533 (+12), 344 (+10), 201(+20)),
      translate.ubports.com "Used languages": 143 (+0),
      translate.ubports.com "Registered users": 459 (+35)
      Donators via Liberapay: 85 (+32)
      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      Twitter @UBports](https://twitter.com/UBports😞 7691 (+1184) followers,
      Twitter @postmarketOS (https://twitter.com/postmarketOS😞 4007 (+982) followers,
      Twitter /e/ foundation (https://twitter.com/e_mydata😞 4654 (+770) followers,
      Twitter @hello_volla (https://twitter.com/hello_volla); 782 (+180) followers,
      Twitter @thepine64 (https://twitter.com/thepine64😞 20,9k (+3,1k) followers,
      Twitter @Puri_sm (https://twitter.com/Puri_sm😞 19k (+0,7k) followers,
      Twitter @JollaHQ (https://twitter.com/JollaHQ😞 40,1k (-0,3K) followers

      20200513 (YYMMDD)

      Twitter @UBports: 6507 (+ 1086) followers,
      Mastodon @ubports@framapiaf.org: 854 followers
      Telegram group UBports [ENGLISH] : 2808 (+256) members,
      UBports forum: 4731 (+ 369) accounts, (L-00*, excluded),
      Openstore Apps: 1036 (+6, 521+334+181), (scopes excluded),
      translate.ubports.com "Used languages": 143 (+1),
      translate.ubports.com "Registered users": 424 (+35)
      Donators via Liberapay: 53 (+12)
      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      Twitter @UBports](https://twitter.com/UBports😞 6507 followers,
      Twitter @postmarketOS (https://twitter.com/postmarketOS😞 3025 followers,
      Twitter /e/ foundation (https://twitter.com/e_mydata😞 3884 followers,
      Twitter @hello_volla (https://twitter.com/hello_volla); 602 followers,
      Twitter @thepine64 (https://twitter.com/thepine64😞 17,8k followers,
      Twitter @Puri_sm (https://twitter.com/Puri_sm😞 18,3k followers,
      Twitter @JollaHQ (https://twitter.com/JollaHQ😞 40,4 k followers

      20200211 (YYMMDD)

      Twitter @UBports: 5421 followers,
      Telegram group UBports [ENGLISH] : 2552 members
      UBports forum: 4362 accounts
      Openstore Apps: 1030 (506+332+192, I excluded scopes)
      translate.ubports.com "Used languages": 142
      translate.ubports.com "Registered users": 389
      Donators via Liberapay: 41

      posted in General stats ubports
      libremaxL
      libremax
    • uNav 1.0 is out today

      Congrats and thanks to Marcos Costales : https://open-store.io/app/navigator.costales

      posted in General unav
      libremaxL
      libremax
    • German schools ban Microsoft Office 365 and W10 amid privacy concerns

      "The Hesse Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HBDI) ruled that using the popular cloud platform’s standard configuration exposes personal information about students and teachers “to potential access by US authorities.”

      https://thenextweb.com/privacy/2019/07/15/german-schools-ban-microsoft-office-365-amid-privacy-concerns/

      It would be good news if privacy were finally taken seriously, particularly in education, health and more generally all public services sectors.

      posted in Off topic e-privacy
      libremaxL
      libremax
    • N5, two annoying camera bugs fixed in RC

      Bug 611 "Camera app image freeze" and bug 23 "No video recording possible" are now fixed in the last RC, thanks to a fix from @rubencarneiro (Ruben Carneiro).

      Don't wait for OTA-9, try the last RC !

      posted in OS
      libremaxL
      libremax
    • Ubuntu Touch for the casual user - by Moem

      Great talk by Moem at BornHack 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNVcE4EqmzY

      posted in General
      libremaxL
      libremax
    • UBports UT installation How-to / Guide d'installation d'UBports UT

      English version (version Française plus bas)

      The following procedures have been successfully followed by several users who were experiencing difficulties installing UBports UT on their BQ aquaris M10 tablets. They are also useful for installations on other devices with an adjustment for the boot to fastboot mode (B.9); from a device off (not in standby):

      0.1) Press and hold Volume Down and Power buttons simultaneously for:

      • Fairphone 2,
      • Nexus 5,
      • Nexus 7,
      • Meizu MX4,
      • Meizu Pro 5

      0.2) Press and hold Volume Up and Power buttons simultaneously for:

      • BQ aquaris 4.5,
      • BQ aquaris 5.0,
      • BQ aquaris M10,
      • OnePlus One,

      0.3) Press and hold Volume Up, Volume Down and Power buttons simultaneously for:

      • Nexus 4

      As usual, use the following procedures at your own risk.

      Before starting the following procedures, make sure your tablet battery is fully charged (more than 50%).

      A. Installing Ubuntu Touch UBports on a BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition Tablet with a Ubuntu (64 bits) PC

      1. put your tablet in developer mode via the menu : System settings \ About \ developer mode

      2. in a terminal on the PC, run the command : sudo apt update

      3. in a terminal on the PC, run the command : sudo apt install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot (to install the basic tools for android)

      4. in a terminal on the PC, launch the UBports installer (previously downloaded and unarchived, version amd64.deb preferably or amd64.snap) with command : ubports-installer

      5. manually select BQ M10 as device in the installer menu

      6. click on Install

      7. connect the active tablet under Ubuntu Touch, via a USB2 port to the PC

      8. in a terminal on the PC, run the command : sudo adb reboot-bootloader to reboot your tablet in bootloader mode ; a menu appears giving the choice between / reboot system / wipe cache partition / reboot to bootloader / power down / factory reset / view recovery logs. Choose "reboot to bootloader" by selecting with volume + and volume - and pressing the On/Off button; the tablet screen turns black and there is Fastboot Mode at the bottom of the screen.

      After installing UBports should start and continue as in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLFTGkuD68

      N.B.: if the installer fails, you can try to lanch the installer (point 4.) with sudo: sudo ubports-installer

      B. Installing Ubuntu Touch UBports on a BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition Tablet with a Windows PC

      1. put the tablet in developer mode via the menu : System settings \ About \ developer mode

      2. install on the PC, the universal driver adb http://adb.clockworkmod.com or a driver specific to the BQ M10 :
        https://www.androidusbdrivers.com/bq-aquaris-m10-usb-drivers/

      3. connect the active tablet under Ubuntu Touch, via a USB2 port to the PC

      4. Allow the PC to access the tablet and mark the checkbox to allow it to be accessed at all times.

      5. change the USB to MTP mode on the PC (by default, only allows charging)

      6. launch the UBports installer for Windows version 1.0.9-beta:
        https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer/releases/download/0.1.9-beta/ubports-installer.0.1.9-beta.exe
        Warning, newer versions of the installer do not work for Windows.

      7. manually select BQ M10 as device in the installer menu

      8. click on "Install" in the UBports installer

      9. turn off the BQ M10 Ubuntu Touch tablet, then start it in Fastboot mode, by simultaneously pressing and holding Volume Up and Power buttons ; a menu appears giving the choice between / system reboot / wipe cache partition / reboot to bootloader / power down / factory reset / view recovery logs. Choose "reboot to bootloader" by selecting with volume + and volume - and pressing the On/Off button; the tablet screen turns black and there is Fastboot Mode at the bottom of the screen.

      After that, the installation of UBports should start and run as in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLFTGkuD68

      N.B.: If the UBports installer fails, you can try running it with administrator rights (return to point B.6.).

      C. Installing UBports Ubuntu Touch on a BQ Aquaris M10 Android Tablet

      1. on the Android tablet, enable developer mode, in Settings/About device : press "Build number" seven times or more to unlock "Developer options". Once done, go back and you will see Developer Options on the screen next to About. Select it.

      2. in the developer mode options, check the "OEM Unlock" box to allow unlocking of the Bootloader

      3. in the developer mode options, select USB debugging

      4. apply the procedure described in this part of the documentation:
        https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/install.html

      At the end you will get a tablet under Ubuntu Touch Canonical version.

      1. upgrade from the Canonical version to the UBports version of Ubuntu Touch,

        5.1 if your PC is running Ubuntu, follow procedure A. (see above)
        5.2 if your PC is running Windows, follow procedure B. (see above)


      French / Français

      Les procédures qui suivent ont été appliquées avec succès par plusieurs utilisateurs qui rencontraient des difficultés pour installer UBports UT sur leurs tablettes BQ aquaris M10.
      Elles peuvent également être utiles pour les installations sur les autres appareils moyennant une adaptation concernant le passage en mode Fastboot (point B.9) : à partir d'un appareil éteint (pas en veille),

      0.1) appuyez simultanément sur les boutons Volume faible et Marche/Arrêt et maintenez-les enfoncés pour :

      • Fairphone 2,
      • Nexus 5,
      • Nexus 7,
      • Meizu MX4,
      • Meizu Pro 5

      0.2) appuyez simultanément sur les boutons Volume fort et Marche/Arrêt pour :

      • BQ aquaris 4.5,
      • BQ aquaris 5.0,
      • BQ aquaris M10,
      • OnePlus One,

      0.3) appuyez simultanément sur les boutons Volume haut, Volume bas et Marche/Arrêt et maintenez-les enfoncés pour :

      • Nexus 4

      Comme d'habitude, utilisez les procédures qui suivent à vos propres risques et périls


      Avant de commencer à suivre les procédures suivantes, assurez vous que votre la batterie de votre tablette est bien chargée (plus de 50%)

      A. Installation d'UBports Ubuntu Touch sur une tablette BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition avec un PC sous Ubuntu

      1. mettre ta tablette en mode developpeur via le menu : Paramètres système \ A propos de \ mode développeur

      2. dans un terminal sur le PC, lancer la commande : sudo apt update

      3. dans un terminal sur le PC, lancer la commande : sudo apt install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot (pour installer les outils de base pour android)

      4. dans un terminal sur le PC, lancer l'installateur UBports (préalablement téléchargé et installé, version amd64.deb de préférence ou amd64.snap) via la commande ubports-installer

      5. sélectionner manuellement BQ M10 comme device dans le menu proposé par l'installeur

      6. cliquer sur Install

      7. connecter la tablette active sous Ubuntu Touch, via un port USB2 au PC

      8. dans un terminal sur le PC, lancer la commande : sudo adb reboot-bootloader pour rebooter ta tablette en mode bootloader ; un menu apparaît donnant le choix entre / reboot système / wipe cache partition / reboot to bootloader / power down / factory reset / view recovery logs. Choisir "reboot to bootloader" en sélectionnant avec volume + et volume - et en validant avec le bouton On/Off ; l'écran de la tablette devient noir et il y a en bas de l'écran noté Fastboot Mode.

      Après l'installation d'UBports devrait commencer et se poursuivre comme dans la vidéo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLFTGkuD68

      B. Installation d'UBports Ubuntu Touch sur une tablette BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition avec un PC sous windows

      1. mettre la tablette en mode développeur via le menu : Paramètres système \ A propos de \ mode développeur

      2. installer sur le PC, le driver universel adb http://adb.clockworkmod.com ou bien un driver spécifique à la BQ M10 :
        https://www.androidusbdrivers.com/bq-aquaris-m10-usb-drivers/

      3. connecter la tablette active sous Ubuntu Touch, via un port USB2 au PC

      4. autoriser le PC à accéder à la tablette et marquer la case à cocher afin de toujours l'autoriser

      5. changer sur le PC le mode USB à MTP (par défaut, autorise seulement la charge)

      6. lancer l'installeur UBports pour Windows version 1.0.9-beta :
        https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer/releases/download/0.1.9-beta/ubports-installer.0.1.9-beta.exe
        Attention, les versions plus récentes de l'installeur ne fonctionnent pas pour Windows.

      7. sélectionner manuellement BQ M10 comme device dans le menu proposé par l'installeur

      8. cliquer sur "Install" dans l'installeur UBports

      9. éteindre la tablette BQ M10 Ubuntu Touch, puis la démarrer en mode Fastboot, en appuyant simultanément sur le bouton Volume + (UP) et sur le bouton On/Off; un menu apparaît donnant le choix entre / reboot system / wipe cache partition / reboot to bootloader / power down / factory reset / view recovery logs. Choisir "reboot to bootloader" en sélectionnant avec volume + et volume - et en validant avec le bouton On/Off ; l'écran de la tablette devient noir et il y a en bas de l'écran noté Fastboot Mode.

      Après cela, l'installation d'UBports devrait commencer et se dérouler comme dans la vidéo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLFTGkuD68.

      NB. Si l'installeur UBports échoue, vous pouvez essayer de le lancer avec les droits d'administrateur. (retourner au point B.6.)

      C. Installation d'UBports Ubuntu Touch sur une tablette BQ Aquaris M10 version Android

      1. sur la tablette Android, activer le mode développeur et le débogage USB

      2. dans les options du mode développeur, cocher la case "Déverrouillage OEM" pour autoriser le déverrouillage du Bootloader

      3. appliquer la procédure décrite dans cette partie de la documentation :
        https://docs.ubports.com/fr/latest/userguide/install.html
        Attention, certains liens vers des logiciels sont actuellement cassés dans la version française alors qu'ils sont valides dans la versions anglaise de la documentation; corrections en attente de publication. Utiliser pour l'instant les liens de la version anglaise quand c'est nécessaire.

      Une fois terminé, vous obtenez une tablette sous Ubuntu Touch version Canonical.

      1. pour passer à la version de la version Canonical à la version UBports d'Ubuntu Touch,

      4.1 si votre PC est sous Ubuntu, applique la procédure A. (voir plus haut)
      4.2 si votre PC est sous windows, appliquer la procédure B. (voir plus haut)

      posted in Support touch installation ubports ubuntu
      libremaxL
      libremax
    • RE: EnVenteLibre, a shop ready to serve for UBports

      Email send in french today to EnVenteLibre (Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version))

      Hello,

      I am contacting you to consider the possibility of adding the UBports Foundation to the list of associations that are members of your EnVenteLibre platform.

      UBports is a charitable foundation under German law, whose mission is to support the collaborative development of the free operating system Ubuntu Touch and to promote its use. The Foundation provides financial, organisational and legal support to the community at large. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, knowing that their contributions will be maintained for the public good.
      ("Free" translation from https://ubports.com/foundation/ubports-foundation
      The English version of the statutes of the UBports Foundation: https://ubports.com/foundation/ubports-foundation/foundation-statutes
      The German version, the one that counts from a strictly legal point of view: https://ubports.com/web/content/5674?download=1.)

      As far as I am concerned, I am a member of the UBports community and I have been entrusted by Florian Leeber, a member of the foundation's Board of Directors, with the task of seeing if it is possible to take this matter forward.

      Indeed, a recurring request from members of the UBports community is to be able to have Ubuntu Touch promotional materials such as stickers, badges, t-shirts, ..., while making a donation to the UBports Foundation to finance actions in favor of the development of Ubuntu Touch. This demand can not be fully met through the tools currently in place (Patreon, Liberapay, ...).

      It seemed to me on the one hand that the objectives of the UBports Foundation were fully in line with those promoted by the EnVenteLibre Association and the associations already partners of the platform and on the other hand that the EnVenteLibre platform could perfectly meet the wishes expressed by the members of the UBports community.

      This is why I would be very grateful if you could examine the feasibility of this project and give me your point of view on the subject and, possibly, concrete ways to take it forward.

      With my most sincere and open regards

      Libremax


      En version originale

      "Bonjour,

      Je prend contact pour envisager avec vous la possibilité d'ajouter la Fondation UBports à la liste des associations adhérentes à votre plateforme EnVenteLibre.

      UBports est une fondation caritative de droit allemand, dont la mission est de soutenir le développement collaboratif du système d'exploitation libre Ubuntu Touch et de promouvoir son utilisation. La Fondation apporte un soutien financier, organisationnel et juridique à la communauté au sens large. Elle sert également d'entité juridique indépendante à laquelle les membres de la communauté peuvent contribuer au code, au financement et aux autres ressources, en sachant que leurs contributions seront maintenues pour le bien public.
      (Traduction "libre" de https://ubports.com/foundation/ubports-foundation
      La version anglaise des statuts de le Fondation UBports : https://ubports.com/foundation/ubports-foundation/foundation-statutes
      La version allemande, celle qui compte d'un point de vue strictement légal : https://ubports.com/web/content/5674?download=1).

      En ce qui me concerne, je suis un membre de la communauté UBports et il m'a été confié par Florian Leeber, membre du Conseil d'Administration de la fondation, le soin de voir s'il est possible de faire avancer ce dossier.

      En effet, une demande récurrente des membres de la communauté UBports est de pouvoir disposer de matériels de promotion d'Ubuntu Touch comme des autocollants, badges, t-shits,..., tout en faisant un don à la Fondation UBports pour financer les actions en faveur du développement d'Ubuntu Touch. Cette demande ne peut actuellement être pleinement satisfaite à travers les outils actuellement mis en place (Patreon, Liberapay,...).

      Il m'a semblé d'une part que les objectifs de la Fondation UBports était pleinement en phase avec ceux promus par l'Association EnVenteLibre et les associations déjà partenaires de la plateforme et d'autre part que la plateforme EnVenteLibre pourrait répondre parfaitement aux souhaits exprimés par les membres de la communauté UBports.

      C'est pourquoi, je vous serais très reconnaissant d'examiner la faisabilité de ce projet et de me faire part en retour de votre point de vue sur le sujet et, éventuellement, des modalités concrètes pour le faire avancer.

      Avec mes très sincères et libres salutations

      Libremax

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    • Security, Meldown & Spectre and Ubports smartphones/tablets
      1. OnePlus One, CPU Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, possibly affected
      2. Fairphone 2, Quad-Core 2.26 GHz Qualcomm® Krait 400, idem, possibly affected
      3. LG Nexus 5, Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, idem, possibly affected
      4. Optimus L90, Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Not Affected
      5. BQ M10 HD, MediaTek MT8163B Quad-core 1.3 Ghz, ARM Cortex-A53, Not Affected
      6. BQ M10 FHD, MediaTek MT8163A 1.5 GHz, ARM Cortex-A53, Not Affected
      7. BQ Aquaris 4.5, Quad-core Cortex A7 MediaTek on 1.3 GHz, ARM Cortex A7, Not Affected
      8. BQ Aquaris 5, Quad-core Cortex A7 MediaTek at 1.3 GHz, ARM Cortex A7, Not Affected,
      9. Meizu MX4, MediaTek MT6595 CPU Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A17 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A7), Affected (Cortex A17)
      10. Meizu PRO 5, Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1.0 GHz Cortex-A57,( Affected , Cortex A57)
      11. Google Nexus 4, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064, Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, possibly affected
      12. Asus Google Nexus 7 (2013) LTE, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, Quad-core, 1500 MHz, Krait, possibly affected
      13. Motorola Moto G 2014, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400, Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Not Affected
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    • UBports Foundation and financial transparency

      Firstly, I would like to make it clear that I have absolutely no reason to doubt the sound management of the funds available to the Foundation.
      However, transparency about the use of financial resources is a basic good practice that is widely respected by foundations and other not-for-profit organisations.
      Let's take two examples from the field of free software:

      1. The Document Foundation, which steers the development of LibreOffice and has served as a model for the status of the UBports Foundation. Financial data is published regularly:
        https://www.documentfoundation.org/financials-and-reports/

      2. PostmarketOS, a very small organization, which began fundraising in earnest only two years ago, has already published its financial data twice: https://postmarketos.org/blog/2025/03/17/pmOS-budget-and-financial-update/

      The UBports Foundation has existed from memory for more than five years and the UBports community for nearly eight years.

      So I think it's high time we corrected this oversight to show consideration for current donors and encourage many other potential donors by giving them visibility of the foundation's actions.

      All of this with my great admiration for what has been achieved by the foundation and, more broadly, the community.

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    • Stop Distrowatch from naming Ubuntu Touch, UBports

      The confusion between UBports, the name of the community and the foundation, and Ubuntu Touch, the name of the operating system, has been maintained and widely spread for years by Distrowatch.
      Is it not possible that the foundation does something to put Distrowatch back on track or has it already been tried without success?

      posted in Marketing Incubator
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    • Volla phone (is back and) will be a new UT phone in 2020

      A new crowdfunding has just began on kickstarter.
      Its aim is to launch in october 2020 a new smartphone and a new OS, volla OS : "The Volla OS is based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and contains neither Google Apps nor Google Play Service. Most Android apps can still be installed and used via an anonymous App Store. With our Stretch Goal we’re taking it even further: For your Volla phone you can choose a free open source operating system."

      And you know what, Ubuntu Touch might be one of the open source operating system ported by Volla to its new volla phone.

      Source :
      https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/volla/volla-phone-freedom-through-simplicity-and-security?ref=project_tweet

      If you want to know more about the genesis of this project, look at :

      https://volla.online/blog/files/community-days.html
      https://volla.online/blog/files/hackathon-2019.html

      posted in Off topic volla phone ubuntu touch
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    • Digital Forensics Analysis of Ubuntu Touch on PinePhone

      If you want to know where data are store on Ubuntu Touch, and what data are easily accessible to anyone who has access to your UT phone since it is not encrypted, it's worth reading this study from Purdue University: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/3/343

      posted in OS privacy security
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    • Good presentation of Ubuntu Touch

      By Alberto Mardegan: "Ubports: Ubuntu for Phones raises from the ashes"

      posted in General
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    • RE: PeerTube V3: live streaming and more

      "The Debian project is happy to announce a donation of 10,000 USD to help Framasoft reach the fourth stretch-goal of its Peertube v3 crowdfunding campaign -- Live Streaming."

      posted in Off topic
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    • Volla tablet arrives in April

      And will be compatible with Ubuntu Touch: http://tablet.volla.online/

      posted in Volla
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    • UBports UT, Mir and Wayland news

      By @mariogrip: https://mariogrip.com/2020/01/30/the-whild-wayland/

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    • Volla Phone 22

      Volla teases with its new mobile, Volla Phone 22 "fundamentally renewed with the Ubuntu 20.04 LTE base": https://www.vollaphone22.com/

      posted in Off topic
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    • New website ubports.com

      So much better than the previous one (and now well integrated with ubuntu-touch.io).
      Congratulations to everyone who contributed !

      Don't hesitate to take a walk to discover all the resources to which it facilitates the access:
      https://ubports.com/

      Just lacks as many translations as possible; let's get to work...

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    • UBports Events Agenda

      At the moment, official agenda is buggy, so this unofficial agenda may be useful to some people:

      1. March 11, 2018, 15:00, Room V2, speaker Jan Sprinz, Chemnitzer Linux-Tage, Ubuntu Touch – Der Stand von GNU/Linux auf mobilen Geräten,

      2. March 17, 2018 - March 18, 2018, UBports Workshop, Valtech GmbH, Friedenheimer Brücke 29, 80636 München,

      3. March 24, 2018, Merge-IT in Turin,

      4. 27th of April, Florian Leeber (Flohack) had a speech together with Aaron Kimmig about UT in Vienna´s metalab: Ubuntu Touch: open source & privacy for mobile devices,

      5. 27th, 28th & 29th of April 2018, Xixón, Asturies, Spain, Ubucon Europe 2018: http://ubucon.org/en/events/ubucon-europe/,

      6. May 15, 2018, Lannion, Lionel Duboeuf, "Les OS mobiles alternatifs" (in french)
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKUmfpOna4s, slides available here:
        http://codedarmor.fr/labs/slidedecks/slides/OS mobiles alternatifs.pdf

      7. May 19, 2018 - Palma, Walter Garcia Fontes, "UBports i sistemes mòbils alternatius" (in Catalan), Bionic Beaver Install Party, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CatalanTeam/Activitats/BionicBeaverPalma

      8. May 26, 2018 - Foios, Walter Garcia Fontes, "UBports i sistemes mòbils alternatius" (in Catalan), Bionic Beaver Install Party, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CatalanTeam/Activitats/BionicBeaverValència
        The slides are copied from Lionel's and extended:
        https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CatalanTeam/Activitats/BionicBeaverValència?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=presentacio_os_mobils.pdf

      9. 26 & 27 of May 2018, "Ubuntu Party de Paris": an UBports booth with some Ubuntu Touch smarphones will be present and even at least one Ubuntu Touch user (source https://t.me/UBports_French/5948),

      10. 1, 2 & 3 of June 2018: Geek Faëries V9.0 : Ubports on Ubuntu-Fr booth "lot people asking for #UbuntuTouch #convergence showcase on phone, tablet becoming PC"

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