Ubuntu Touch
| Ubuntu Touch | |
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 The Ubuntu Touch reception screen |
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| developer | UBports |
| License (s) | GPL et al. |
| Current version | 04/16 OTA-12 (May 13, 2020) |
| Kernel | monolithic |
| ancestry |
GNU / Linux ↳ Debian GNU / Linux ↳ Ubuntu 04/16 ↳ Ubuntu Touch |
| Languages) | Multilingual |
| Others | Unity |
| ubuntu-touch.io | |
Ubuntu Touch (also Ubuntu Phone ) is originally from Canonical Ltd. Developed mobile user interface for the Ubuntu operating system . Ubuntu Touch is primarily installed on touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones or tablet computers . In 2017, Canonical stopped working on Ubuntu Touch. UBports took over the project on a community basis.
development
Mark Shuttleworth announced on October 31, 2011 that Ubuntu 14.04 will support smartphones , tablets , televisions and smart screens . Ubuntu Touch was introduced on January 2nd, 2013 and an experimental developer version was released on February 21st, 2013. Instead of the display server X11 , Ubuntu Touch uses Canonical's own display server Mir in combination with the Unity 8 desktop interface , which should also be used in the desktop version of Ubuntu. This should make it possible to operate Ubuntu and Ubuntu Touch with almost the same codebase and to run the same programs with very little modifications.
On April 5, 2017, Mark Shuttleworth announced that work on Ubuntu Touch would be discontinued and that the desktop version would use Gnome again from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .
The project was given to UBports , an open source community. The project is being pushed forward by UBports (as of October 2019).
Release
Canonical released the first version on October 17, 2013 along with Ubuntu 13.10. On April 17, 2014, another official version of Ubuntu Touch was released along with Ubuntu 14.04.
There were several devices on the market with pre-installed Ubuntu Touch. The Spanish company BQ sold the Aquaris E4.5 from February 2015 , and a little later the Aquaris E5 HD. The first tablets with pre-installed Ubuntu Touch, Aquaris M10 HD and FHD, were available from April 2016. Meizu's MX4 and PRO 5 models were also available with Ubuntu Touch.
Ubuntu Touch can also be installed manually on a supported device. The following devices are officially supported:
- Fairphone 2
- Nexus 4
- Nexus 5
- Nexus 7 2013
- OnePlus One
- BQ M10 HD and FHD
- BQ Aquaris E4.5
- BQ Aquaris E5
- Meizu MX4
- Meizu Pro 5
Functions
service
Operation is carried out using swiping gestures. By “pushing in” the four edges of the screen, different areas can be made visible. This is done by grasping the edge of the screen and dragging your finger towards the center of the screen. The user interface remains clear, because despite the fact that hardware buttons are largely dispensed with on the device, the user interface remains free of permanently available operating elements.
The settings (e.g. battery indicator or WLAN connections) can be dragged onto the screen from the top edge of the screen, the overview of all open apps from the right edge, the " Launcher " from the left edge , a toolbar with the preferred apps. By dragging from the bottom, special settings of individual apps are visible on the screen, e.g. E.g. the new contact setup page on the “Contacts” screen. At the bottom of the “Launcher” there is a “Home” button. This opens the start page. This start page can be selected from various “scopes”. These special pages are suitable for displaying several apps in one overview. Different content can be displayed on the "Today" scope. There are other scopes for audio or video offerings, for example. Page content is updated by tapping the page in the middle, pulling it down a little and then releasing it again.
The devices Nexus 4 and BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition have three hardware buttons, an on / off switch and two buttons to regulate the volume. If both volume buttons are pressed simultaneously, a screenshot is generated.
Reception screen
A lock screen known from other mobile devices is replaced in Ubuntu Touch by a welcome screen that shows a visualization of past activities on the device.
Apps
In the delivery state, Ubuntu Touch already includes applications based on HTML5, QT and QML. A distinction can be made between the system-related core apps and the more remote system apps . Other apps can be obtained from the Ubuntu Store, for example. You can also use the package manager to install programs that were originally intended for the desktop version of Ubuntu.
Core apps
- Calendar
- File manager
- Clock
- Document Viewer
- Weather
- terminal
- Calculator
- Sudoku
- RSS reader
- Dropping letters
- Music
- Reminders
System apps
- Gallery
- Address Book
- Camera
- Friends
- Dialer
- Messaging
- Notes
- Web browser
- Media player
- Share
statistics
On August 1, 2016, Ubuntu Phone had 1,096 apps , 1305 web apps , 337 games , 205 scopes and 333 snaps .
| category | Year 2015 | Year 2016 | Δ compared to previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | 559 | 713 | + 28% |
| Web apps | 1012 | 1433 | + 42% |
| Games | 190 | 279 | + 47% |
| Scopes | 205 | 264 | + 29% |
| Total | 1966 | 2689 | + 37% |
Android apps
The optional Anbox software generates an adapted Android operating system in an LXC container, which means that Android apps can be run on Ubuntu Touch. This mechanism is much more resource-efficient than emulating a full Android kernel . The following devices are currently (as of August 2019) supported:
- Meizu Pro 5
- Fairphone 2
- OnePlus One
- Nexus 5
- BQ M10 HD
- BQ M10 FHD
Hardware requirements
| “Starter” Ubuntu smartphone | "High-end" Ubuntu smartphone | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor architecture | 1 GHz Cortex A9 | Quad-core A9 or Intel Atom |
| Working memory (RAM) | 512 MB - 1 GB | Min. 1 GB |
| Flash memory | 4-8 GB eMMC + SD | Min. 32 GB eMMC + SD |
| Multi-touch | Yes | Yes |
| Usable as a desktop Ubuntu | No | Yes |
The current official Ubuntu tablet Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition from the manufacturer BQ should therefore be seen more as a “starter” Ubuntu tablet, as it has too little RAM and a processor that is too weak.
| "Starter" Ubuntu Tablet | "High-end" Ubuntu tablet | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor architecture | Dual-core Cortex A15 | Quad-core A15 or Intel x86 |
| Random Access Memory (RAM) | 2 GB recommended | 4 GB recommended |
| Flash memory | Min. 8 GB | Min. 8 GB |
| Screen size | 7-10 inches | 10-12 in |
| Multi-touch | 4 fingers | 4-10 fingers |
| Usable as a desktop Ubuntu | No | Yes |
See also
Web links
- uApp Explorer unofficial overview page for apps from the Ubuntu store
- UBport's open source community that continues to develop Ubuntu Touch.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://ubports.com/de_DE/blog/unser-blog-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-12-release-276
- ↑ a b Touch / ReleaseNotes Ubuntu Wiki
- ↑ Canonical overview. (No longer available online.) In: www.ubuntu.com . Archived from the original on March 26, 2013 ; accessed on October 18, 2013 (English).
- ^ Mark Shuttleworth: Blog Archive »Ubuntu on phones, tablets, TV's and smart screens everywhere . October 31, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ↑ Ubuntu Phone OS Unveiled by Canonical . OMG! Ubuntu!
- ^ Canonical unveils Ubuntu phone OS that doubles as a “full PC” . Ars Technica
- ↑ Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview Released, Available for Nexus Devices . OMG! Ubuntu!
- ^ Mark Shuttleworth: Growing Ubuntu for cloud and IoT rather than phone and convergence . April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
- ↑ Touch - Ubuntu Wiki. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Homepage. Retrieved October 6, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ UBports Blog - accessed October 31, 2019
- ↑ SaucySalamander / ReleaseNotes Ubuntu Wiki
- ↑ TrustyTahr / ReleaseNotes. Ubuntu Wiki
- ↑ Ubuntu Touch device overview. (No longer available online.) In: www.ubuntu.com . Archived from the original on September 19, 2016 ; accessed on December 23, 2015 .
- ↑ The first Ubuntu Phone is here on derstandard.at, February 7th, 2015
- ↑ Meizu Pro 5: The range of Ubuntu smartphones on heise.de is slowly growing on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Ubuntu Touch devices. In: ubuntu.com. UBports, accessed October 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Ubuntu developer's site on Scopes. (No longer available online.) At: developer.ubuntu.com . Archived from the original on November 23, 2014 ; accessed on July 29, 2015 .
- ↑ uApp Explorer unofficial overview page for apps from the Ubuntu store
- ↑ Daniel AJ Sokolov: Ubuntu Touch learns to run Android apps. Heise online , December 23, 2017, accessed on August 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Android apps. UBports , accessed August 7, 2019 .
- ↑ 'Operator and OEM partners | Ubuntu for phones | Ubuntu ' . Canonical Ltd. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ↑ 'Ubuntu Tablet OEM partner information | Ubuntu on tablets | Ubuntu ' . Canonical Ltd. Archived from the original on March 27, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
