One year after the world ended - Ubuntu Touch today

One year has passed since Canonical announced the end of their Ubuntu for devices project. The operating system since got picked up by the UBports community. A community member gives an overview of what has been achieved so far, and what the future holds for Ubuntu Touch.

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   One year after the
   world ended
   Ubuntu Touch today
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2. ubuntu
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   Let‘s start with a brief history of
   

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3. Source: https://youtu.be/iv1Z7bf4jXY
   

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4. „Convergence is the future of computing,
   so we‘ve reshaped Ubuntu to combine the
   power of a desktop and the mobility of a
   smartphone on a single device.“
   Mark Shuttleworth
   Founder of Ubuntu and Canonical
   22. July 2013
   Source: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
   

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5. Background © Canonical Ltd.
   

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6. Background © Canonical Ltd.
   

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10. Background © Canonical Ltd.
    

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11. Background © UBports Communtiy
    

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12. Background © GExperience
    

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14. Images © Canonical Ltd.
    

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15. Video by Phoenix Land Pirate
    

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16. „Having LibreOfce and all these Linux
    applications on the go is kind of like a
    magical unicorn that farts rainbows.“
    Bryan Lunduke
    Linux blogger, Professional online troll
    18. July 2016
    Source: https://youtu.be/rFQFSxxyqwk
    

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18. „I’m writing to let you know that we will
    end our investment in Unity8, the phone
    And convergence shell. We will shift our
    default Ubuntu desktop back to GNOME
    for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.“
    Mark Shuttleworth
    Founder of Ubuntu and Canonical
    5. April 2017
    Source: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence
    

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21. „No, I think there's a very very slim chance
    for that [Ubuntu Touch to be shut down].
    We want people to love it. It will take a
    life of its own.“
    Cristian Parrino
    Head of the mobile-team at Canonical
    11. Februar 2015
    Source: https://svij.org/blog/2015/02/11/cristian-parrino-from-canonical-about-the-release-of-ubuntu-phone-and-future-plans/
    

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22. ==
    

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23. If I may interject for a moment…
    ...why „GNU/Linux“?
    

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24. !=
    

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25. Userland
    Hardware
    Linux-Kernel 4.x
    glibc-driver
    X11
    Compiz
    Unity 7
    Apps
    proprietary free
    BIOS
    Ubuntu
    

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26. Userland
    Hardware
    Linux-Kernel 4.x
    glibc-driver
    Mir/Wayland
    Unity 8
    Apps
    free
    BIOS
    Ubuntu Touch
    in an ideal world
    

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27. Userland
    Hardware
    Linux-Kernel 3.x
    bionic-driver
    SurfaceFlinger
    Java
    proprietary free
    Bootloader..?
    Android
    Java
    Java
    Java Java
    Java
    Java
    Java
    Recovery..?
    

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28. Userland
    Halium
    standardized
    Android container
    bionic-driver
    Mir/Wayland
    Unity 8
    Apps
    Ubuntu Touch
    In reality
    Libhybris
    Linux-Kernel 3.x
    Android
    management
    scripts
    Hardware
    Bootloader..?
    Recovery..?
    

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29. UBports Foundation
    Background © Ubuntu-fr Community
    

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30. What‘s next?
    1. Create a daily-driver-ready device
    2. Improve compatibility
    3. World dominance
    

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31. First:
    prepare a
    daily-driver-ready
    device
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33. Resolve critical bugs
    

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34. Make installation super easy
    

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35. Unity 8
    

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36. compatibility and collaboration
    Step two:
    

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37. Mir <3 Wayland
    visit mir-server.io if you don‘t believe it ;)
    

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38. Snap and Deb and maybe more?
    

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39. UI toolkits
    

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40. Anbox
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41. Finally: World dominance!
    

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42. Background © Purism
    

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43. Use current business trends
    

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44. Embrace the bazaar
    and unleash the power of FOSS
    Background © Ubuntu-fr Community
    

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45. What‘s next?
    1. Create a daily-driver-ready device
    2. Improve compatibility
    3. World dominance
    

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46. ubports.com/get-involved
    ubuntu-touch.io
    halium.org
    Jan Sprinz | jan@ubports.com | @NeoTheThird
    Thank you for
    your attention!
    

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