UBports Ubuntu Touch Continues Pursuing Mir/Unity8, Broad Device Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: UBports Ubuntu Touch Continues Pursuing Mir/Unity8, Broad Device Support

Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 was released earlier this month while the UBports community developers continue working to further along this Ubuntu-based mobile Linux OS...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=UBports-Ubuntu-Touch-QA46

[tildearrow]

Dekko?



My only complaints are the position of the header bar text and the color scheme (way too bright...).

[Flaburgan]

I'm using Ubuntu Touch daily on my primary device (a fairphone 2) for two weeks and it works pretty well. Keep up the good work.

[paupav]

I would try porting it to my device (there is actually pretty nice tutorial), but I depend on my bank's android app :/

[fuzz]

If there was a way (if there is one I can't find it) to add progressive web apps to your home screen this would be a lot more approachable. I do this today quite a bit with some sites on android.

[Kamikaze]

If there was a way (if there is one I can't find it) to add progressive web apps to your home screen this would be a lot more approachable. I do this today quite a bit with some sites on android.

You might be looking for 'Webapp Creator'.
See: https://open-store.io/app/webapp-creator.jujuyeh

[Nemerian]

Imo, they should help with making Unity 8 on desktop work, for half a week.
Would help a lot with bringing popularity to their ecosystem, and help with convergence.

[fuzz]

You might be looking for 'Webapp Creator'.
See: https://open-store.io/app/webapp-creator.jujuyeh

That's neat and I guess helps a little, but a 1-click button in the browser would be ideal.

[AlanGriffiths]

Imo, they should help with making Unity 8 on desktop work, for half a week.
Would help a lot with bringing popularity to their ecosystem, and help with convergence.

You are entitled to an opinion, but they are already doing a lot for Unity8 on desktop. They are:

• hosting the projects that comprise the Unity8 desktop
• providing a PPA with the current build of these projects
• documenting installation and build processes
• accepting the occasional PR to fix things

That shows they appreciate the potential synergy: Any developer who wanted to work on Unity8 desktop would find this extremely useful.

Note that there are few of "them" and most have a job, family and other commitments to balance with the time they donate to UBports.

I too have an opinion: They are best placed to decide where best to spend their time, and are doing so remarkably well!

[Nemerian]

You are entitled to an opinion, but they are already doing a lot for Unity8 on desktop. They are:

• hosting the projects that comprise the Unity8 desktop
• providing a PPA with the current build of these projects
• documenting installation and build processes
• accepting the occasional PR to fix things

That shows they appreciate the potential synergy: Any developer who wanted to work on Unity8 desktop would find this extremely useful.

Note that there are few of "them" and most have a job, family and other commitments to balance with the time they donate to UBports.

I too have an opinion: They are best placed to decide where best to spend their time, and are doing so remarkably well!

Ah, ok. I meant no offence with that.

You are way more knowledgeable than me about this stuff, so i believe you are in a better position to comment.