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Forum: Community 2013-08-24, 05:20
Replies: 591
Views: 201,694
Posted By bjv
Re: How many of you still use N900 as main phone?

Yep, still use N900 as main device.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus wiped and running Ubuntu Touch, but the software is just too WIP (no headphone support, no GPS support in browser or QML sdk,...
Forum: Competitors 2013-08-08, 02:12
Replies: 351
Views: 91,718
Posted By bjv
Question Re: Ubuntu Edge

I have Ubuntu Touch installed on a Galaxy Nexus.

The last time I flashed the device with an image was Thursday.

So far there are no special 'Ubuntu' restrictions of any kind yet - it's just...
Forum: Competitors 2013-07-27, 01:48
Replies: 351
Views: 91,718
Posted By bjv
Re: Ubuntu Edge

mrsellout, a good observation about the Canonical contributor "agreement"/Mir

In some ways feeling like Canonical uses their userbase/weight to "force" people to agree to favorable copyright...
Forum: Competitors 2013-07-24, 13:34
Replies: 351
Views: 91,718
Posted By bjv
Re: Ubuntu Edge

Dave999 are you just assuming?

I have the Ubuntu Touch mobile OS running right now on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Just like Desktop ubuntu source is fully available...
Forum: Competitors 2013-07-23, 19:54
Replies: 351
Views: 91,718
Posted By bjv
Re: Who has supported Ubuntu edge?

how is sailfish any more "pure" linux because instead of dumping x11, choosing QtQuick2.0 and bootstrapping (fully open source) mir they decided to dump x11, choose Wayland with qt5 and...
Forum: Competitors 2013-07-21, 08:32
Replies: 13
Views: 12,042
Posted By bjv
Exclamation Re: Replacing N900 with Galaxy Nexus+Ubuntu Touch

In other news pyqt5 was released Wednesday ... but no QtQuick 2.0 support, so that doesnt really get us anywhere with Ubuntu Touch and the brave new (all-opengl) world.


The updated doc does...
Forum: Competitors 2013-07-21, 07:51
Replies: 13
Views: 12,042
Posted By bjv
Post Re: Replacing N900 with Galaxy Nexus+Ubuntu Touch

Day 28) weechat-ncurses, ejabberd, and pyAIMt did help improve daily use, but lack of notifications/browser GPS support/music finally has stopped me from carrying Galaxy Nexus as a daily driver. Not...
Forum: Competitors 2013-07-21, 07:05
Replies: 13
Views: 12,042
Posted By bjv
Re: Replacing N900 with Galaxy Nexus+Ubuntu Touch

Very correct. I've been unable to get even non-QML Qt5/c++ programs to work on Ubuntu Touch so far (libqt5gui5 depends on libx11-6 as well per apt-rdepends)

With Jolla mobile shipping with Wayland...
Forum: Competitors 2013-06-29, 17:05
Replies: 13
Views: 12,042
Posted By bjv
Lightbulb Day 6) Crude rotation support now enabled

Day 6) Basic/unpolished rotation support for apps/Maliit has now been enabled in saucy-29 (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/daily-preinstalled/20130629/saucy-preinstalled.changelog)...
Forum: Competitors 2013-06-26, 23:29
Replies: 13
Views: 12,042
Posted By bjv
Talking Re: Replacing N900 with Galaxy Nexus+Ubuntu Touch

Mm.. miss the FM transmitter and ir remote maybe, but dont see any reason TI-emu couldnt be given a new, compatable UI or ported whole-hog if xMir or Wayland becomes available.
I didnt realize Nexus...
Forum: Competitors 2013-06-26, 03:28
Replies: 13
Views: 12,042
Posted By bjv
Question Re: Replacing N900 with Galaxy Nexus+Ubuntu Touch

first round of Q's from #maemo, regarding the contents of "Ubuntu Touch" 24-June-2013 daily build:

Q: does it include glibc or something compatible?
A: Yes, all Ubuntu Touch software appears to...
Forum: Competitors 2013-06-26, 00:20
Replies: 13
Views: 12,042
Posted By bjv
Lightbulb Replacing N900 with Galaxy Nexus+Ubuntu Touch

Due to the uncertain North America availability of the Jolla (yes, I did book a pre-order - for what it's worth) I resolved to grab
a cheap, mint, Galaxy Nexus off ebay and dogfood the Ubuntu Touch...
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