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[Cláudio Sampaio <patola@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Once everything is ported and works, and the device is official indeed
> "end-users" only need ubuntu-system to flash their device for the
> first time, later they can upgrade using OTA updates UI.
>
> For bootstrapping a new device, e.g. Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2013, any
> community ports. One will need to start off with cdimage-legay
> (optionally) and/or cdimage-touch.
>
> Thus removing support / fallbacks to cdimage-touch / cdimage-legacy
> will effectively prevent us from starting new ports for new devices.
> Unused by default, but very much needed for:
>  1) day-to-day for unofficial ports
>  2) for starting new official or unofficial port =))))
>
> I hope above reasoning clears things up.
>
> If you are using phablet-flash with nexus device as a "user" rather
> than "porter to new devices", flash it once and use over the air
> updates and/or system-image-update CLI to wipe device clean.
> phablet-flash is only needed on nexus device for the initial first
> provisioning of unlcoked device that only has android installed on it.
>

The "Magic" of open-source is that I can use the device as I can see fit.
And I want to use it as regular Ubuntu, installing and deinstalling as I
see fit and with root access. Via ssh if needed. Do I have to abdicate from
it? Ubuntu Touch is of no value to me if I cannot use it as a real system -
to me it seems a locked-down system with read-only root partition is not a
real system.

Please say it is not so. The very reason I am an enthusiast of this system
is due to the power of having a real linux system in my cellphone, just as
I had with my (now dead) N900.
-- 
Cláudio "Patola" Sampaio
IRC: ptl  - Yahoo: patolaaa
Campinas, SP - Brazil.