Nominations are now open for the UBports Community Awards.
Since this is the first run at having these awards, I thought
its best to keep things a bit simple.
Here are the final two categories:

• Community favourite app
• Community favourite developer

Everyone can suggest up to two nominees for each category.
Nominations close on the evening of 1 Dec.
Leave your suggestions below.

For each nomination, indicate the category, nominee and a short paragraph about why you are nominating this person/app.

Prize: A large pizza for each category.

I thought it might be useful to have a list of snaps that run well on UT.
I will slowly populate this list as I try things.
Tested an FP5 focal 24.04

No success
= installed, seems to work, further testing needed
Works in desktop mode, fully functional
CLI tool (so it is convergent-ish)
Convergent(-almost)
My favourites

Issues with snaps on phone:
- No OSK
- Scaling issues
- audio issues

ladder
deepseek-r1 (painfully slow)
tldr
rsync
Terminal-parrot
nano-strict
htop
micro : requires '''--classic'''
clera
ponysay
asciiaquarium
clipboard
fzf
git-confined
yazi
procs
zellij : requires '''--classic''' (24.04)
midnight-rebooter
gdu

gnome-hitori
local send
evince
supertux
blanket :

app center
libreoffice
Deepseek
xournal++
alacritty: requires '''--classic'''
konsole: requires '''--classic'''
keepassxc
sublime-tex (24.04)
vivaldi (24.04)
Chromium (24.04)
Jabref
Inkscape
pinta
brave
leafpad
micropolis

clickable
duplicity
magnus
openscad
gimp
audacity
audacious
crypton
transmission
LXD
ollama
darktable

minetest
gnome-nibbles
gnome-chess
tuxfishing
supertuxkart
komikku
ubports-installer
opentyrian
alpaca
axolotl
sensor monitor
firefox
cozy
gnome-contacts
gnome-mahjongg
gnome-sudoku
gnome-calculator
gnome-clocks
gnome-weather
emoj
pydoro
frog
tux-paint
ghostty : requires '''--classic'''
opencv-demo-web
mission center
fingerpaint
celluloid
zenity

Could you add a segment to the 'show' where you give an example of how to get things done on UT?

I think many people need to figure out ways to work in UT since it is quite different from android but many of these ideas don't make their way to the 'general UT public'.

For example, there was a discussion about getting uwolf or firefox to sync passwords. This is a great alternative to the non-functioning password manager apps and makes life a lot easier.
Or maybe demo how to use ghostcloud.

I think these 'FYI' segments can help ease the transition for many people.

@keneda said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

BTW if you can't do some things here it's because your reputation is not already high enough.

I couldnt find how to increase reputation... There isnt any links on the landing page to guide new users on how use the platforw.

Ideas for Categories:

• Biggest OS bug squashed
• Favourite new app in the open store
• Community's favourite developer
• Favourite new app concept ( in the app store)
• Best new port

Update
Since this is the first run at having these awards, I thought
its best to keep things a bit simple.
Here are the final two categories:

• Community favourite app
• Community favourite developer

I would like to ask that you do a quick announcement for the 'Community Awards'.
Things have developed quite well with a lot of input from other community members.
This year we will have only two categories:

• Community favourite app
• Community favourite developer

The prize for each category:

• a large pizza (details TBD).
• a webpage mentioning your award and why your won (details TBD).

Nominations are open until the evening of 1 Dec. Each forum member can nominate two nominees for each category (here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11623/call-for-nominations-for-the-ubports-community-awards?_=1764437371137 )

The current nominees are as follows:

Community favourite app

• OSM scout server
• uWolf
• Morph QT6
• futify
• dekko
• Sapot
• Keeweb
• Podcat
• RockWork
• Teleports
• OpenStore
• Waydroid
• LogViewer

Community favourite developer

@fredldotme (Alfred E. Neumayer)
@lduboeuf (Lionel Duboeuf)
@alan_g (Alan Griffiths)
@vlad-nirky (Vlad Nirki)
@Fuseteam (Tobiyo Kuujikai)
@kugiigi (Kugi Eusebio)
@CiberSheep (Joan CiberSheep)
@thevancedgamer (Muhammad)
@peat_psuwit (Ratchanan)
@danfro (Daniel Frost)
@jonius (Jonathan Zeidler)

Prizes

Any one who wants to contribute to the prizes or make them more interesting is very very welcome to let us know what they have in mind.

@moem said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

You build up reputation by posting and getting upvotes on your posts.

I couldn't post because my reputation was too low.

@O.o.
I would need the same for Swedish BankID soon. I have tried to avoid waydroid for battery drain issues, but I will likely have no choice for Swedish banks.

@gpatel-fr I could not downgrade. The FP provided installer did not work so I went from A14 directly.

@wally sorry, misread the title!

I would like to ask that you do a quick announcement for the 'Community Awards'.
Things have developed quite well with a lot of input from other community members.
This year we will have only two categories:

• Community favourite app
• Community favourite developer

The prize for each category:

• a large pizza (details TBD).
• a webpage mentioning your award and why your won (details TBD).

Nominations are open until the evening of 1 Dec. Each forum member can nominate two nominees for each category (here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11623/call-for-nominations-for-the-ubports-community-awards?_=1764437371137 )

The current nominees are as follows:

Community favourite app

• OSM scout server
• uWolf
• Morph QT6
• futify
• dekko
• Sapot
• Keeweb
• Podcat
• RockWork
• Teleports
• OpenStore
• Waydroid
• LogViewer

Community favourite developer

@fredldotme (Alfred E. Neumayer)
@lduboeuf (Lionel Duboeuf)
@alan_g (Alan Griffiths)
@vlad-nirky (Vlad Nirki)
@Fuseteam (Tobiyo Kuujikai)
@kugiigi (Kugi Eusebio)
@CiberSheep (Joan CiberSheep)
@thevancedgamer (Muhammad)
@peat_psuwit (Ratchanan)
@danfro (Daniel Frost)
@jonius (Jonathan Zeidler)

Prizes

Any one who wants to contribute to the prizes or make them more interesting is very very welcome to let us know what they have in mind.

@stanwood
Everyone does deserve recognition for all their efforts!

It is a bit unclear which of the many people you mentioned would be your nominations? To keep things fair and manageable I think it is best to keep it to two nominations per person. So you should select two people for me to include in the list.

@johndoe
Yes, nominations. Voting happens later.

@idonthatevests
Of course it would be great to give awards to everyone but thats not feasible ... so lets give to someone. There is always next year too.

My nominations.

Community favourite app:

• Sapot
  Sapot has become my go-to browser for everything. It does not feel like a compromise and the gesture controls are both creative and intuitive.

• Keeweb
  It works. That is already fantastic. It works very well and has given me no problems at all for the months that I have used it. Password managers are an essential tool for UT and this app made my life a tonne easier.

Community favourite developer

• Kugi Eusebio
  I use several of Kugi's apps. They have a coherent feel to them which is really nice to see and they have made my UT experience functional.

• TBA

@mango
Thunderbird and firefox will probably eat your ram.

@mango
I have had my FP5 for a few months and I am trying to use it instead of my home PC. I mostly do this through snaps and clicks, so I have not used libritine.
I have FP5 8 GB and 250GB.

From my experience:

• I dont think I have ever got close to using more than 4GB ram, though I only ever check in desktop mode. I bearly ever use waydroid because I find it slow to start up so that is not a concern for me. I dont think that the 6GB will feel any different from the 8GB unless you want to open some big spread sheets.
  With regards to opening/leaving open many apps at once .... the fairphone battery will remind you that that is a bad idea.
• I still have 136GB of 250GB on the phone. The system uses 35GB, Cloud syncing uses another 8 or so and then I have photographs and maps etc. If you want to use the phone as a desktop, the storage may be the best reason to bump the specs. MicroSD storage wont be as fast as the built in SSD and I think it is more complicated to use with some applications (but I havent tried myself).
• The issues with the OS and apps slow me down more than my RAM or storage. For example, snapping windows to parts of the screen with a mouse can be frustrating because of the app draw and overview keep getting triggered. This can be a noticable speed bump when working in desktop mode. RAM usage has yet to be an issue for me wrt responsiveness of the UI or doing tasks.
  That said, UT is improving every day and you can update etc. but if your phone RAM cannot.

@johndoe
about the webpage and graphics; That would be greatly appreciated.
I will try to find out how one gets a page added to the UBports website.

@johndoe
Nice write up!!
I will only take the first two nominations, just to be fair (and not create too many options).

But thank you for the enthusiasm!

Nominations are now open for the UBports Community Awards.
Since this is the first run at having these awards, I thought
its best to keep things a bit simple.
Here are the final two categories:

• Community favourite app
• Community favourite developer

Everyone can suggest up to two nominees for each category.
Nominations close on the evening of 1 Dec.
Leave your suggestions below.

For each nomination, indicate the category, nominee and a short paragraph about why you are nominating this person/app.

Prize: A large pizza for each category.