Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 Released - Still Based On Ubuntu 16.04

[edwaleni]

Is the Aquaris 10 on Wayland? If so, you could give Waydroid a try which is supposedly much better than Anbox.

The version of Touch on the Aquaris is missing some of the dependencies needed for Waydroid.

I know how to get around that part mostly but everytime I spend several hours trying to get it to work it either bricks it or does not work. Will have to evaluate the best use of my time.

The Anbox module executes but says "anbox does not support this architecture" which is ridiculous as it is ARM based.

[edwaleni]

Is the Aquaris 10 on Wayland? If so, you could give Waydroid a try which is supposedly much better than Anbox.

Thanks for this! I will check this out!

[PublicNuisance]

I could spend all day listing the features that Ubuntu Touch lacks but at the end of the day I was able to use it on my Nexus 5 as a daily driver for over 2 years by sticking with basic functions like SMS, calls and web browsing. I can't say the same about PostmarketOS or Mobian which are much more promising for features but way too unstable and short on battery life to use as my daily driver. The only reason I am not still using Ubuntu Touch each day is the battery life on my Nexus 5 dropped a bit much for my liking so I switched to a Teracube 2E with /e/ OS. Ubuntu Touch lacks a lot but what it does have is rock solid stable.

[Vistaus]

I have OTA-18 on a BQ Aquaris 10 FHD tablet. (MediaTek CPU, was built by HTC for BQ)

If they can get Anbox working like they said it was, the ecosystem issue will be moot.

They are reporting that it works, but the various postings say otherwise.

Until then I am kind of playing the waiting game, to see when they fix it.

I did make a contribution to them for the good work they did with the installer, so no leeching here.

Is the Aquaris 10 on Wayland? If so, you could give Waydroid a try which is supposedly much better than Anbox.

[Vistaus]

It's a well designed interface, simple and intuitive to use.

This. 100 times this.

[Vistaus]

I tried to use Ubuntu Touch as a daily driver a year back or so, and while it worked just fine as a phone/SMS/browser, the surprisingly small amount of usable apps in the store was the thing that drove me back to Sailfish. The ecosystem just wasn't there, which bas both expected and a bit sad. Perhaps there is "a homebrew store" for it, but I couldn't find it during the two days I used it, and I did look for it.

I do have that spare Xperia X still, so I'll give it another spin at some point for sure!

The amount of apps is growing, though. Plus you can install Libertine to run some Linux desktop apps.

[Vistaus]

Yes, why would it?
Can you clarify what you are really asking? The GUI will not be dependant on the OS version I would assume. But upgrading the base OS can be an effort, taking into account the wide range of devices, the closed drivers for an Android/Linux kernel, and the idea that phones are really embedded devices, not like laptops and desktops.

BTW, is anyone using Ubuntu Touch as a daily driver and their only device? I would like to hear experiences.

I use it as a daily driver and I wouldn't want anything else anymore. My mum also uses it as her daily driver now and she really digs it too.

[Kamikaze]

I use UBports as a daily driver and have done for years now - since it was Ubuntu Touch and released with the Meizu MX4.

I upgraded to an Xperia X when my MX4 finally had issues, and now run it on a Pixel 3a.

It does exactly what I want it to do and nothing more.

It's a well designed interface, simple and intuitive to use.

I love it.

We have an android 11 tablet too, and I honestly prefer my UBports device.

[edwaleni]

I have OTA-18 on a BQ Aquaris 10 FHD tablet. (MediaTek CPU, was built by HTC for BQ)

If they can get Anbox working like they said it was, the ecosystem issue will be moot.

They are reporting that it works, but the various postings say otherwise.

Until then I am kind of playing the waiting game, to see when they fix it.

I did make a contribution to them for the good work they did with the installer, so no leeching here.

[boriseto]

BTW, is anyone using Ubuntu Touch as a daily driver and their only device? I would like to hear experiences.

I've used it as a daily driver for 6 months last year on Xperia X. I had some issues for which I've found workarounds, but I got an issue with the kernel in which it would reboot the phone often (or sometimes even just turn it off).
I still had a secondary Android device without a sim which I used for getting the whatsapp and RCS messages, and I'd use the web apps for connecting to it so I t have to carry a second device.
I've switched phones since then and got my XperiaX to lineage for usage for a while, but I can try it out again soon I guess.