Ubuntu Touch seemed dead, but now it seems that Canonical has donated old mobile devices with Ubuntu Phone to the UBports developers, they have confirmed it themselves on their official Twitter account. So they are not rumors, but a proven fact. What is the purpose of this donation? Well, everything indicates that Canonical does not want to throw in the towel of convergence and the development of its Ubuntu Touch despite what it may seem with the latest movements, since with this action the development of the operating system for devices will continue mobiles.
Canonical no longer develops the revolutionary Unity 8 graphics shell that was intended to bring that convergence and many other enhancements, in conjunction with the system. Ubuntu Touch used by some smartphones and tablests such as those from Meizu, BQ, and other companies. Well, there are some of these devices that the guys from Canonical kept that have been donated to the UBports development team, and they are recreating Ubuntu Touch, maintaining it, updating it, modifying its code to add new functionalities and that the mobile operating system do not die. So it is an alternative to those who want something other than Android or iOS ...
The terminals received from Canonical have been the BQ Aquaris E5 HD, and Meizu MX4 which are now held by UBports, led by Marius Gripsgård. In fact he has confirmed that the intention is to improve Ubuntu Touch, although he has also confirmed that the donated phones use Android, but that they plan to update them with an improved version of Ubuntu Touch to test it and continue with the improvements, thus extending the support for those. who still have a device with this system and want to continue receiving news.
A total of 38 donated mobiles that should be enough for this purpose, and they could even adapt this new version of Ubuntu Touch to other terminals deferent to the Meizu and BQ, although these ROMs are not available for other brands at the moment. And as you know, it is not the only thing that UBports is trying to revive, they also work hard to continue with Unity 8. It seems that they have proposed to give life to all the projects rejected by Canonical ...
Hello, by chance, is ubuntu installed on phones (4)? Thank you for answering me ..
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