Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

2015-12-04 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 December 2015 at 11:58, Barry Drake wrote: > And the code Sailfish use for the Android platform is mostly FOSS and > downloadable straight from the Sailfish site. This, though, is a potentially possible route. Same as you can install the `ubuntu-restricted-extras` package and get Java, Flas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

2015-12-04 Thread Liam Proven
On 4 December 2015 at 16:52, Barry Drake wrote: > I took a further look this morning. It is impossible (almost) to get > Android apps without going via Google Play. In order to use Google Play, > you have to give a Google login, and that means a Google account with all > the information grabbin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

2015-12-04 Thread Alan Pope
On 4 December 2015 at 15:52, Barry Drake wrote: > I took a further look this morning. It is impossible (almost) to get > Android apps without going via Google Play. In order to use Google Play, > you have to give a Google login, and that means a Google account with all > the information grabbin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

2015-12-04 Thread Barry Drake
On 04/12/15 15:16, Liam Proven wrote: > I talked to the Tizen people at LinuxCon Europe in October.> > It is not as locked-down as all that, not for developers. But bear in > mind, it's for semi-embedded use, for locked-down single-function or > narrow-function devices with a rich UI. It's not a d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

2015-12-04 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 December 2015 at 11:58, Barry Drake wrote: > On 02/12/15 12:52, Barry Drake wrote: > > TIZEN >> >> They seem way ahead of Ubuntu in the phone market. I'm sad about that.> >> I've subscribed to one of their mailing lists to keep informed. > > > I talked to some of the Tizen developer guys - T