I tried Ubuntu Touch on a Pinephone. Very impressive: Ubuntu Touch that is. The PinePhone is a piece of crap, it sort of worked for 3 month, the length of the warranty then refused to charge. I hope the Ubuntu Touch community ports it to something reliable like a Fairphone or a ShiftPhone.

@notme8232

6 күн бұрын

It's on older OnePlus phones, which is something.

I did not know Sheldon had a youtube channel. Nice!

So from my perspective, the UT pinephone went the same way as the original UT phones ever since it came out. The community just did not show up to help or care. UBports did a bit for awhile with one guy, but the community voted with their feet for having UT work today under the android hardware layer, even though the goal was to have a pure linux phone. Moot point now as the pinephone is now getting old and never was meant to be anything except a dev platform. Still would be nice to see a real linux phone some day. We need that.

How does this comoare to Luna ?

How do you install ubuntu touch on the Pine Phone >

you have a google free cell, and goes install google mess again.......

Now you can also run it on qemu, as now you don’t need a passtrough to get opengl and other niceties to get ubuntu touch running.

Commenting from Ubuntu touch on the pixel 3a XL

You have terminal in a phone!!!?? Impressive!

@meowritz

22 күн бұрын

This would be cool if it had x86 support but as is its probably one of the least useful phone operating systems ive seen in a while

@besterspieler2285

22 күн бұрын

@@meowritz x86 support? What do you imagine that would be? It's an ARM processor so yes it will run just ARM apps. You can compile most apps to ARM anyways so all you really need to worry about is driver support for your touchscreen and finding apps that have touch support also.

@MADrobotics351

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, better than nothing.

@bepis2679

19 күн бұрын

@@meowritz I can run x86 apps with Box64 on my OnePlus with PostmarketOS on it.

@test-rj2vl

11 күн бұрын

I have one in android too. Termux is the name of that app.

A big pity this kind of died (main develop with Ubuntu) There must be a way to make it compatible with Android apps, their based on the same kernel, that way they could then concentrate on getting to run on more devices.

I did put alot of hopes in linux phones... but all I see is still just a complicated nokia phone, but slow and buggy. Most promising was SailfishOS - but even they seem to have given up, as russia is now using it for their Aurora OS. I dont want to troll... I'm sad myself about it.

@Rakenclaw

10 күн бұрын

I settled for a Google Pixel 3aXL with Ubuntu Touch. Installed Waydroid and Aurora store (no relation to AuroraOS afaik)and can so far run every Android app i wanted to try. Runs amazingly well for a mid tier from 2019.

Since it's gon run on a mobile chip the lack of software kills me

"those little dots next to running applications reminds me a little bit of MacOS X" yeah and it should remind of you something else.... hmm... has the same name... goes on the desktop...

@bitterepic

23 күн бұрын

Not exactly sure what it would be. I didn't have any luck googling either :-/ Any other clues?

@whoami6107

22 күн бұрын

Goes on the desktop ?? I can't think of it. Has anyone resolved this puzzle

@bokocchop

22 күн бұрын

Hahah, did you mean Ubuntu Desktop?

@gydo1942

22 күн бұрын

@@bitterepic I think they mean the Unity desktop. Canonical was trying to make one environment which worked well on computers and phones while keeping the same look and feel.

It is so "nice" that it is not even installed from the official installer on the Linux smartphone PP.........................................

@StephenFasciani

23 күн бұрын

Wow you must be fun at parties

@x-plane1188

23 күн бұрын

@@StephenFasciani not really, because android smartphones are more often called to these parties for developers of mobile distributions, rather than real Linux devices.

@bitterepic

23 күн бұрын

I don't think primary development is done for the drivers of the Pinephone Pro using Ubuntu... so it isn't preinstalled. That also means that everything comes to Ubuntu Touch courtesy of a volunteer at a later point.

@noam65

14 күн бұрын

From where did you get it, and how did you install it?

The sad thing is, Android IS Linux, so in theory, app support shouldn't be an issue. The problem is that open source is far more susceptible to viruses than a walled garden like iOS (As a lifelong Android owner, I can attest to that). They probably just aren't marketing it properly, marketing goes a long way to being successful.

@BlueEyedVibeChecker

19 күн бұрын

LineageOS is what I currently use, de-googled and custom drivers, I love it. Linux Mobile could be so much better if it was advertised in a way that appeals to the masses while showcasing what it can do and more importantly, how it will benefit them. Few of them care about privacy, and even less are willing to challenge it when they do. So advertising other features while touting privacy as a benefit and not the focus would easily turn things around for them.

@bepis2679

19 күн бұрын

"open source is far more susceptible to viruses than a walled garden" This has been debunked many times

@bitterepic

15 күн бұрын

I think generally the largest danger is getting software from the internet on a random page. If your phone is like a computer, it opens vectors. Yes, the walled garden probably helps with security because people are actually payed to review applications from the app fees.. However, I don't think that software in proper repositories has that much more of a danger... they are also generally vetted to some degree. All of the danger comes from going outside of the safe zone. In the case of iPhone, you generally can't leave it at all.

@SofaDogDog

7 күн бұрын

You can install waydroid, but it drains the battery a lot faster

@SofaDogDog

7 күн бұрын

Oh yeah and you can install it without apt by using the waydroid helper in the openstore

but ubuntu touch is discontinued

@bitterepic

22 күн бұрын

It's still supported by the community. Though you are right to question about how far they can get without a (primary?) corporate sponsor.

@bitterepic

22 күн бұрын

If you look at the sponsorships, pine64 is listed... for how ever much that is worth. I can't say how much of a sponsorship it is. ubports.com/en/sponsorship

@AninoNiKugi

17 күн бұрын

It survived since 2017 and even has an official foundation now. I'd say it's already a great success. Been using UT as my main phone since 2015 😄

Do you include a Naruto themed keyboard and mouse, to constantly type in the password, and copy off web pages commands, to paste in the Linux terminal? Even with free Sailor Moon themed keyboard and mouse, that dumb crap (especially the terminal) has to go, if you ever want more than 2-4% global users. Normal people aren't like Linux people. They have better things to do than type in their beloved Linux terminal all day and night long, from within mommy's basement.