NodeBB supports federation now. Might be nice to enable it here?

https://www.kdab.com/embedding-servo-in-qt/

https://github.com/KDABLabs/cxx-qt-servo-webview

Would be kinda cool to have on UT.

Recent versions of Servo render the Mastodon webapp fine for example, so it is already quite advanced.

@Keneda https://forum.fairphone.com/t/is-fairphone-b-v-struggling/117307/41

They made a big loss in 2023, a small profit in 2024 and are projecting a loss again for 2025. The thread also has some other details and a lot of speculation.

I am not saying that they will go bust tomorrow, but I think they need to reevaluate their strategy.

Personally I think they could learn a bit from how Framework does it and lean into repairability and upgradability.

The general consensus in Linux phone circles seems to be that the FP6 is a downgrade over the FP5.

Besides the already mentioned lack of USB3 and display out, they also completely mis-designed the battery, meaning that there will likely never be any 3rd party replacement batteries for it. Combine that with what appears to be financial problems of the Fairphone company, and their 10 year support promise seems increasingly dubious.

Small rant: The FP6 should have been a user replaceable mainboard etc. upgrade for the FP5 casing. Them constantly redesigning their entire phones is a waste of money and directly contradicts their mission statement to reduce e-waste.

Is anyone working on converging a bit more with other mobile Linux platforms? For example by adding Flatpak support for apps?

Is it possible to modify eSIMs via apps in Waydroid?

After Ubuntu 20.04 a lot of work has been put into Flutter apps on (desktop) Ubuntu. Does any of this translate into easier to port Flutter mobile apps on UT 24.04?

I used to have an account on Open-store.io that I didn't use in some years. Coming back now it seems direct accounts got removed and you can only log in with Github/Gitlab/Ubuntu One?

I remember having a direct account and not some link and those links seems to be also unaware of me ever having linked Open-store to them, so I assume there was some change?

Is there some way to recover my original account? Thanks.

A while ago there was some talk about adding a Webkit based browser instead of depending on the perpetually outdated qtwebengine like right now. Has there been any development on that?

The Signal gateway for XMPP is also working again, in case someone prefers that.

@peat_psuwit said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0:

Media playback control is fixed in the top-panel indicator, in applications, and over Bluetooth headset.

Thanks so much for fixing this. My number one issue with UT was that I can't change music tracks over bluetooth. I hope it really works with my old car stereo now 🤩

I am wondering if anyone tried to run those apps on Waydroid.

The Trade Republic app seems to require microg but I found people saying it works on GrapheneOS for example after installing microg.

The Revolut app seems to be the main blocker for a friend of mine to try UT. No idea about the specific requirements, but it seems like you need it to validate webclient access, so the web-wrapper available at the Open-store will not work without somehow running the Android app either.

Thanks for the help.

Anyone tried it with a FP5 that has been upgraded to Android 15 already?

Anyone tried if Bluetooth media buttons work now? Those for changing the volume, changing the music track and accepting calls.

@FixOne This is awesome. You think it can be also turned into an unconfined click package for normal installation from the Open-Store?

@kugiigi Great to know. I guess I'll wait for an official release with 24.04 then to try it on my FP5.

Just wondering if anyone has tested if convergence with an external screen via the USB-C display-port is working already?

@AppLee Nice to hear. I finally got around getting a Lapdock and it works great with the FP5, just Android desktop mode isn't great at all compared to UT.

@Keneda Still waiting for UT to arrive on my FP5, but at least PmOS seems to make progress on it and the wiki page also claims that there is someone working on a UT port:
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

@kugiigi already got mine, looks promising for PostmarketOS as well. Maybe I'll get back into Ubports if it works well.