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
Works in mobile mode
Convergent(-ish)!!!

tldr
rsync
Terminal-parrot
nano-strict
htop
micro : requires '''--classic'''
clera
ponysay
asciiaquarium
clipboard
fzf
gnome-hitori

app center
libreoffice
Deepseek
xournal++
alacritty: requires '''--classic'''
konsole: requires '''--classic'''
keepassxc
local send
zellij : requires '''--classic''' (24.04)
sublime-tex (24.04)

crypton
transmission
LXD
git-confined

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

@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.

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.

@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.

Hi
Quick question, are there any tiling window manager-like features to lomiri?
I use sway and miraclewm and I have got very comfortable with this setup. I get that lomiri (and UT more specifically) is designed for a different use case but I was curious if it would even be possible to add this in myself for using a UT device as a computer when docked.

Hello

I have an external harddrive that I use for as a portable 'home partition'. Its formatted with zfs and I have been using to to effortlessly move between using different computers (laptop, desktop, work) and have all my files all the time.
If I wanted to use it with an Ubuntu touch device, I would need to have a functioning zfs installation on the device. I heard in one of the podcasts that installing things via apt is not supported and the root partition only has 3GB of space.

Is it feasible/possible to install zfs on UT? I guess a snap installation of zfs is very unlikely.

@wally sorry, misread the title!

Hello
I might have missed it. Is there an app for 'automatically' populating gitlab/github bug reporting?
For me at least, I would be more inclined report bugs if it were easier.
It would help you guys too because you could get the app to send logs etc that are necessary for examining the problem.

Are there any formal instructions for setting up snap support?

@messayisto I have not had any issues with it thus far.

@poVoq No, sorry. Only A14.

@arubislander , sure. To set up the bounty we would first need to get the funds. This is why I put up the post. I want to see if the community is interested in trialling something like this.

@Moem , then we find someone else or we vote on another issue.

@Mario.CH
we could pay the app developer to fix bugs in their app or add features. It does not need to be a new app.

@haagch
Sure, that is true. For now though I just need an idea of how many people would be able/willing to take part.

I would like to try to encourage work on some apps but I can't fork out huge sums of money so it would be good if the user community could all contribute to raising some funds to pay the bounty.

I thought maybe we could (for the moment) get an idea of who on the forum would be willing to put some money toward a bug bounty?

The details are very very prelim at the moment but it could look something like this:

• We see how many people can contribute to a round of funding
• We decide what kind of work we can cover (big bounty, small bounty etc)
• We submit suggestions for an app/bug and then the contributing members vote on the app/bug
• We (somehow) send the money to the app maintainer and ask that they please work on these things

For now, I would just ask if you feel your can contribute something toward a bounty, just give me sign that you exist.

I am trying to clone the documentation for ubports to my phone (desktop mode) to edit locally.
I have forked the docs on gitlab, I created the ssh keys on the phone (Wth passphrase) and I have added the public key to gitlab.
I ran the command below to test the connection. It worked after I entered the passphrase for the key.

ssh -T git@gitlab.com 

but when i try to clone my fork with this

git clone git@gitlab.com:MyUserName/docs.ubports.com.git

I get the following

Cloning ....
load key ... : Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

I can clone public repos ... so it is not an issue with connecting to gitlab.
Any advice?

@kugiigi
Thaaaanks!!! The reset button in the tweak tool did the trick.
I did change the edge sensitivity when I was docked so maybe I accidentally change some scaling too.

I rebooted my phone while still connected to an external monitor and since then the UI has been incredibly tiny.
The lock screen is tiny, the touchpad (while connected to the external monitor) is tiny ... almost everything is tiny.

I have tried rebooting several times with and without the screen plugged in, but nothing works.

Any advice?

@Lga
Ah, this is super cool. Do these bounties contribute to UT or is this just for desktop lomiri....
It would be great to do this for UT.