Dear Jan NeoTheThird and everybody making this happen,
Thank you guys.
Like almost everybody on this list, I feel frustrated and betrayed by
Mark and Canonical. Differently from you, guys, I am just an end user.
I am not able to write two single lines of a software, not even in
BASIC. For years I have been using Ubuntu and just Ubuntu. No dual
boot. When I had the chance to help Ubuntu to develop UT, I was among
the first ones to get a BQ 4.5 and to abandon N$A/C1A/Mi 5 phones. It
was very clear that it was an experimental device, but I was eager to
have linux also in my (only) mobile phone. When BQ M10 appeared, it
was promoted as THE convergence tool and I bought one too
(unfortunately, it was clear since day 1 that Canonical was not
telling the truth and that the tablet was anything but a final
product. It was never able to substitute my computer. By the way, what
does Mark suggests us to do with those gadgets? Is he offering any
reimbursement?).
So, I am happy and appreciate the fact that you guys have decided to
move on with this project. I can't thank you enough. Please, accept my
acknowledgement and let me know if and how a physician like me can help.
Best regards,
Giovano Iannotti
2017-04-10 14:39 GMT+02:00 NeoTheThird <neo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:neo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>:
64bit and snaps are definitely on the whislist, but we're still
working hard to get the fork up and running, before we can add or
remove features, so don't expect us to have a working snap image
out the door by tomorrow. :)
A hardware OEM partner would definitely be a dream come true, but
that's a thing for the future. For now we will be supporting our
existing ports (https://devices.ubports.com/#/
<https://devices.ubports.com/#/>) and the official devices (BQ,
Meizu, Nexus 4). Some of the older devices might not be able to
work with snaps and will stay in "legacy mode", but that remains
to be seen.
Porting is the way we've been extending the reach of Ubuntu Touch
(there are 1500+ devices running our images right now
https://stats.ubports.com/) and we will continue to do so. As soon
as our new and shiny snappified image hits the shelves, we will
also continue porting to new devices, preferably beefy ones that
can really make convergence shine.
<shameless self promotion> If you want to help, go to
https://ubports.com/get-involved
<https://ubports.com/get-involved> to find out how to join our
community. If you want to pitch us a few bucks in order to help us
finance a full-time dev, you can do that at
https://www.patreon.com/ubports <https://www.patreon.com/ubports>.
Every $, €, £, etc helps! </shameless self promotion>
All the best,
Jan (NeoTheThird)
On 10.04.2017 13:43, Matthias Apitz wrote:
El día lunes, abril 10, 2017 a las 01:27:11p. m. +0200,
NeoTheThird escribió:
Also Unity 7 is not going away *right now*. It will be
maintained at
least until 2021 (End of life of 16.04) and may even stay
in the repos
after that. But there will probably not be any new features.
As Fabio said, UBports will continue development on Ubuntu
Touch. Also
Unity 8 will live on under the name Yunit. UBports and
yunit.io <http://yunit.io> will
collaborate to keep it alive, both on mobile and desktop
devices.
Jan
Are there any plans in UBports re/ a 64-bit hardware and snap
support?
In general, I think, without having some hardware OEM partner
on board,
as it was (or is) BQ.com for Canonical, it will be very
difficult (if
not impossible) to get more devices into the world and with them a
bigger user community.
matthias
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