Well, from my point of view, the UBports operating system is the best mobile operating system so far.
Good means, not having millions of apps, good means it's open source, no secrets and the best fact is the convergence.
Convercence is where all operatingsystems like to be. Windows, Android and Apple, they are all aiming to that destination.
Windows failed so far, but I am sure, it will not stop. Android is not a good desktop operating system at all.
What makes Android strong is the brutal marketing of Google. What makes Windows strong is the brutal marketing of Microsoft.

What makes UBports strong is open source, privacy, no spying and perfect convergence.
I am sure it's on a good way for the world dominance
https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1

Let's go for rank 1 out of that 307...

Is it possible to install a development version of UBports 16.04 (based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) on the BQ M10 FHD?
I tried this already when still Canonical was the developer and I installed it on my M10 tablet and it was working.
Or is there no developer version available for the tablet anymore?
I record a German YouTube video on how to do this. https://youtu.be/2irCIUkVK4U

@flohack said in Samsung porting notes, a loose collection:

Instead, the device needs to be brought into "Download Mode". This can be achieved by:

Manually by pressing Vol-Down, Home and Power button until the green warning text appears

On my Samsung Galaxy S8, there is no physical home button, only virtual on the display.
I figured out, instead of the Home-Button, I need to press the Bixby button, below Vol-Down,
then the green warning text appears...

When will Anbox be ready to use as a daily driver?

@libremax
just off topic, but what's the advantage of keeping the Canonical version of Ubuntu Touch?
The UBports developer already fixed a lot of bugs, made it more stable and smooter than the Canonical version.
Also since month there are no more updates coming from Canonical.

Wow, great news to read!
I really hope there will be some new UBports devices with powerful hardware.
I have a BQ E4.5 and M10 FHD, but the hardware is not really powerful.
Just recently I bought a Samsung Galaxy S8 and the hardware is so great and impressive, but the Android OS is so bad, when it comes to spy out everything. Sometimes I am afraid using it, because I don't like Google, the NSA and others, that I can't control, to be part of my life.
A high-power hardware like this would be great with UBports, but I know, it's "Samsung closed source hardware" and this will never come true. It's a conspiracy between Google and Samsung. Money talks....

Would this not be a good change for cooperation, to put UBports on that phone?
I don't know if this campaign will succeed, but the fundraising is only $1,5 million, unlike the failed Ubuntu Phone with $32 million.
https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

It's a cool website, the whole project it looks much more professional now!
Well done and great work!

@GIEMME
I just flashed my BQ E4.5 about 5 minutes ago and it works fine.
But be aware, all your data and contacts will be deleted, it's like a brand new phone from the factory.

I just downloaded the image, where the link to that image is on this site:
https://wiki.ubports.com/wiki/How-to-flash-existing-ubuntu-touch-devices-with-Ubports-images

I set the phone to developer mode and connect it via USB to my computer.

Then I enter in the Terminal:
adb reboot-bootloader
This takes some time, until the phone was in fastboot mode.
On the phone was ablack screen, where at the bottom is a very tinny like written "fastboot"
Then:
cd Downloads # where I stored the downloaded image
sudo ubuntu-device-flash --server=https://system-image.ubports.com/ touch --channel=ubports-touch/legacy --bootstrap --recovery-image=./recovery-krillin.img

After 3 minutes I can see in the terminal:
2017/05/15 16:53:16 Rebooting into recovery to flash

Then the phone reboots, which took some other minutes.
After it was initialized, you can see the phone booting and the ubports logo.
Phone is up and running..

@UKPhil

I am finding that the text on the screen is either slightly too small or the color does not make the wording stand out enough

I am complaining about that since years, even when canonical was still the developer. But seems nobody cares about that.
On my BQ E4.5 is small thin grey text on grey background, without any possibility to change that system wide, like it's possible on Android.
Om the desktop version, Ubuntu put a lot of effort to be a barrier-free OS with high accessibly.
The Accessibility Team: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility
But on the phone you are out, if you don't have perfect vision. And like you said, there are hundreds of millions of people without perfect vision.

For example, the text below the desktop-icons is very thin and small.

In Dekko the message preview. The subject of unreaded messages is visible, but when already readed, it gets grey and the preview text below the subject is grey and very thin text. For me very hard to read.
So it should not be changes in single apps, there should be a system-wide option to make all text bigger and change the text color to black with high contrast and not grey.
A setting like it's possible on Android.

@mymike That would be a great function, without privacy problems.

@Kaizen Your suggested design looks ok. But for my opinion, that black design isn't that nice. I more prefer white and clear design, than very dark and less contrast design.
Dark and black websites always have something negative.
Just check any website of huge companies, they are never dark or even black.
Text should always be whether full black on a light background, or full white on a dark background to maximum contrast and not some in between, to lower visibility and contrast.
Not everyone have perfect display and perfect 20:20 vision of the eyes.

@ramonb To make it short.. No you can't.
Smartphones don't have Intel or AMD processor with hardware detection. They are using usually ARM processors without and the os needs to be always exactly written for that specific hardware.
So basically each hardware, even if there is only small changes, it needs it's own operating system with ARM processors.

@guru Sure, it's working for calling and limited for SMS, because of the small, text. If you have perfect eyes, it's probably ok, but I don't have and it's almost not readable.
On Android I can set "screen zoom" and everything is bigger that I can read it.
The menus of the apps, the text in the apps and everything display in the apps.
Also in Android I can set "Font size and style" of the text. It will affect not only the text of the "websites in the browser" It will affect all text of menus and everything.

If I am recording a video for my YouTube channels, it's not usable.
Also I can't do live streaming on YouTube.

If I use it for photos while we travel around, the quality of the photos is not comparable with my Samsung Galaxy S8 phone.

If I like to use it for browsing the web, it's quite hard, because of the small display.

If I like to use the BQ E4.5 for convergence and connect a external display, it's not possible.

In my opinion, for calling it's fine, but I think for more it's not really a usable device...
Even the phone book and the history is almost not readable. Yes I can read it, but it's quite hard...

@Pookie
I bought one of the first BQ Aquais E4.5, when Canonical offer that with Ubuntu Touch in early days. I installed UBports on it and it's working.
But to be true, I am not using it anymore, except to make the next update every few weeks, to see what's the progress.
You can use it for calling and SMS, but the Text is so small on this device.
Yes you can also use the web browser, but if you don't have perfect vision with your eyes, everything is so small.
Also in the system settings, the text is so small that I almost can't use it.
Anbox and connecting external display isn't working too on that phone, so I would not advice to buy it.
It's just an old small outdated device....

In my opinion, the empty desktop should be used for something.
What is the use of an big empty space?
If people don't like to use it and love emptiness, it's ok. But fore those like to use the space for getting some information should be able to do it.
The only thing you can use right now is a static desktop image.

@Mic_ said in All german public authorities and private companies could be forced stopp using Twitter, Fb & Co.:

If I think about how masses of people could be teached which plattforms they should use to avoid all these negative developements

People don't care about all these negative developments. What people care about is a smooth running and easy to use system, with all possibilities.
That's why UBports is not that famous, because of missing apps for their daily routine. Most people don't like to make extra effort if everything is that easy with Android.
Never mind how stable and safe UBports is, it will never be for the people, because they can't use the software they already know, to have an easy life.

I changed using 100% only Ubuntu Touch, when it first came out with the BQ E4.5. But after about 2 years, I changed back to Android, because it makes life so much easier.
But unfortunately, I have to pay for the easy life with my datas.

Just don't be stupid...
All services like "Twitter, Facebook, Google" which are companies and for free of use, will make money with your data.
They are all billion dollar companys, just by selling using your data and using your data to make money.
None of the workers there working without receiving a monthly salary just for the good of mankind.
So how can it be, that German public authorities, who are obliged to keep the data confidential, using that services, which are scanning all data and using it for commercial business?

Actually that's strict against the law.

@UBportsNews said in Jan(Neothethird) At Chaos Communication Congress:

Great to watch... Thanks for this link!

@Mark Oh is it really?
For me this in UK seems to be cheap: https://www.4g.co.uk/news/unlimited-data/
In Germany I am paying for my contract since almost 3 years 29 Euro monthly, unlimited calls, unlimited text and 15 GB 4G speed. If I am over that 15 GB monthly, I have still unlimited data, but only 3G speed.
But to be true, 3G speed is still enough to watch on YouTube Full HD videos.