Indra is now available on the OpenStore!

https://next.open-store.io/app/indra.projectmoon/

This thread will serve as a sort of unofficial support thread for now. Proper issues/bugs/feature requests should be done on the issue tracker.

Indra is a Ubuntu Touch app for off-grid communication using LoRa (long range) mesh radios. You can text friends, family, and neighbors without an internet connection. Messages are sent via the radio, which connects to other radios nearby to form a network completely separate from traditional communication infrastructure.

You need an external radio to use this app. They are cheap to build or buy, and a one-time investment in off-grid communication. Indra currently supports radios running Meshtastic firmware. You can connect to your radio over Bluetooth, the local network, or a USB cable (depending on your radio).

The app currently does not support configuring or setting up your radio; please use the Android/iOS app or the Meshtastic web client at https://client.meshtastic.org to set up your radio or change its settings.

This is a work-in-progress app. The initial release supports what the author considers the essential, core features of Meshtastic. Currently supported features:

• Connect to a configured radio over Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or USB.
• Send messages to public channels, private channels, or directly to other users on the mesh.
• View and search the list of other radios that your radio is picking up.

Things currently NOT supported:

• Configuring the radio. Please use the Android/iOS app or Meshtastic web client to set up the radio.
• Showing positions of radios on the map (next major feature to be implemented).

@bgriffis check KeePassRX on the Open Store.

Disclaimer: I am the creator of KeePassRX.

Documentation: https://agnos.is/projects/keepassrx/

I've taken the liberty of packaging Lagrange for Ubuntu Touch. Lagrange uses its own completely custom C-based UI stack built on top of SDL/OpenGL, which means that while it runs fine, the keyboard does not work out of the box on Ubuntu Touch. The UT package has a patch that 1) enables the keyboard and 2) packages it as a .click.

There are still some issues with the keyboard and integration with the system. Namely:

1. Clipboard does not work.
2. Keyboard still has some weird behavior on textboxes that aren't the URL bar. You cannot edit text in the middle of them, for example.
3. No integration with content hub.
4. No integration with URL dispatcher (i.e. cannot open gemini links in Lagrange).

I think most of these should be solvable. I will continue working on it and see what comes out.

You can find Lagrange here: https://next.open-store.io/app/fi.skyjake.lagrange/

https://next.open-store.io/app/indra.projectmoon/

Indra is now available on the OpenStore, with all the fixes in Alpha 4 and a few more tweaks! From this point forward, the database will be treated as something that needs to be migrated instead of wiped on every update. (The setting in the menu to wipe the database does not actually do anything, and will be removed).

Are there plans for under-screen fingerprint sensors? E.g. for the Volla Quintus.

@nparafe Like I said, the snap does not fully integrate with the system due to scaling and keyboard issues. It's probably possible to use it with a physical keyboard, but I don't have one paired to the phone.

@mango Have you tried installing the Snap versions?

@Voorstad I am working on a Meshtastic app. Not Meshcore. Will be opening it soon for alpha testing.

@GooglyBear JotIt Notes on the OpenStore can sync with Nextcloud Notes.

@enki said in top 3 app wish list for Ubuntu 24.04:

Conversation for xmpp chat audio/video client

There is an experimental port of Kaidan being developed: https://gitlab.com/alaskalinuxuser/kaidan_0_6_0

@ChromiumOS-Guy said:

@nbdynl before i continue, append this to camera / location and if possible networking as well.

we want a one time approval option, as well as foreground only. only system apps (like Phone app) should be eligable for background access for services microphone/camera by default, devision as follows:
only phone (the app) has background access to microphone by default
camera should not be accessible on background by default. (any app)
location should not be accessible on background by default (any app)
networking should not be accessible on background by default ,push notifications goes through a push server so not affected if im wrong this can be ammended (any non system app)

It would be nice to have an explicit permission for apps that need to run in the background all the time, even if it's something that makes it require review. There are a number of apps that only work properly when unsuspended, or by using an unconfined background daemon. Would be good to converge on a single permission for them.

I've taken the liberty of packaging Lagrange for Ubuntu Touch. Lagrange uses its own completely custom C-based UI stack built on top of SDL/OpenGL, which means that while it runs fine, the keyboard does not work out of the box on Ubuntu Touch. The UT package has a patch that 1) enables the keyboard and 2) packages it as a .click.

There are still some issues with the keyboard and integration with the system. Namely:

1. Clipboard does not work.
2. Keyboard still has some weird behavior on textboxes that aren't the URL bar. You cannot edit text in the middle of them, for example.
3. No integration with content hub.
4. No integration with URL dispatcher (i.e. cannot open gemini links in Lagrange).

I think most of these should be solvable. I will continue working on it and see what comes out.

You can find Lagrange here: https://next.open-store.io/app/fi.skyjake.lagrange/

@lduboeuf said in Call for testing: calendar-app:

@projectmoon said in Call for testing: calendar-app:

@lduboeuf So unfortunately, calendar sync is still broken. The calendar that was syncing (connection to Nextcloud via generic caldav instead of built-in Nextcloud integration) is no longer syncing. Only thing I see in Evolution logs is something about i_cal_time_compare < 0 failed.

I turned the Nextcloud integration itself back on for Calendar, and that synced fine... But I don't know if it will sync more later.

Sorry, i don't understand, you mean it works or not ? Please also precise on which OS version are you .
The sync can be sometimes unstable ( and it always has been). It is sometimes needed to recreate all accounts ( remove them all, reboot, recreate them)

Stable 1.2, and the accounts were previously already cleared and removed from Evolution. Re-re-(re?)-creating the accounts shouldn't be necessary, I would hope.

What I mean is that the Generic CalDAV Account seemed to stop syncing. But when I re-enabled the Nextcloud Account, that synced fine. I have two Online Accounts set up on the phone. Both point to my Nextcloud instance. Just one is the "proper" Nextcloud Online Account and the other is Generic CalDAV.

@PhAndersson said in Hardware recommendation for Noble:

@projectmoon said in Hardware recommendation for Noble:

Volla Quintus has served me well so far. It's also one of the only devices that is officially commercially supported for UT. Volla has someone working on UT for their devices.

Many thanks -- I'll give it a look. I guess flashing my first 2 phones with fastboot and adb earned me a few nerd points, but I won't complain either if the next one comes pre-installed

From a hardware standpoint, it's one of the few phones that functions without issue (beyond the software limitations of UT itself--QT 5.15 etc). All hardware except the in-screen fingerprint reader and FM radio are functioning. Both would be nice-to-have, especially the fingerprint reader, but are not deal-breakers. Camera quality is not SUPER amazing, but it is serviceable.

@lduboeuf So unfortunately, calendar sync is still broken. The calendar that was syncing (connection to Nextcloud via generic caldav instead of built-in Nextcloud integration) is no longer syncing. Only thing I see in Evolution logs is something about i_cal_time_compare < 0 failed.

I turned the Nextcloud integration itself back on for Calendar, and that synced fine... But I don't know if it will sync more later.

@pparent said in Organic Maps on Ubuntu Touch:

I have succeeded to start the app without Xwayland thank's tu qtubuntu-qt .
The "Terms and conditions" Window displays well and works well, but then the main window appears for 2 sec and crashes with:

Feb 24 13:43:05 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[31163]: Aborted
Feb 24 13:43:05 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[31165]: CHECK(!m_acquiredFrame->isBound())
Feb 24 13:43:05 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[31165]: qt_common/qtoglcontext.cpp:108
Feb 24 13:43:05 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[31165]: (1) ASSERT FAILED

I think I will leave it here for now. I think for this app to be usable it would require:

• To wait for Qt6 and possibly Mir2.x to be properly integrated in the system
• That Organic Maps get a Qt app more adapted to mobile display.

How did you get it to run without XWayland?

Volla Quintus has served me well so far. It's also one of the only devices that is officially commercially supported for UT. Volla has someone working on UT for their devices.

I may have discovered an issue with Postal/Lomiri Push Service/Lomiri URL Dispatcher. I'm not sure which component is affected, but basically, Indra notifications stopped working after I upgraded to the RC a few days ago. I finally just sat down to figure this out, and I was able to get notifications to show up again if I remove the actions array from the notification JSON. Put the actions back, no notifications appear. Importantly, the notifications do fire, they just don't show up in the top bar.

This code worked before i upgraded to the RC: https://git.agnos.is/projectmoon/indra/src/branch/master/indra/src/notify.rs#L72

Now it only works if i remove the "actions": [ ... ] field.

Edit: It seems to happen on the stable version of 24.04-1.2 as well.

@mark1250 filesystem as a whole is read only. It is possible to mount as rw. That will allow you to edit the file. Don't know if it will allow encryption though.

@lduboeuf said in Call for testing: calendar-app:

@projectmoon said in Call for testing: calendar-app:

@lduboeuf I installed it on a Volla Quintus on the current stable 24.04. Things seem to work. I notice that all my broken accounts/calendars are now sectioned as "Local Calendars," which I cannot delete.

Unfortunately, the broken online calendars for those who have already switched to 24.04 before the next release won't be automatically fixed.

A work around is to remove configs file:
rm -rf .config/evolution/sources then restart the phone

OK, then. New bug :). I deleted it and tried to re-add my calendars. The Google account went through the add flow but then said there's already an email address associated with that Google account. Then it did not add the calendar.