Well, that's a tinker phone. Nice for geeks like us, but for the average user, not so much. I am talking about a phone for the average computer-illierate who doesn't know any more about computer than swipe & tap. We really need something out-of-the-box.
Even as a computer literate, I estimate that I'l need to spend at least half an hour on their homepage doing some RTFM before I'll even understand how to get the thing. From my experience as a localizer, most big FLOSS projects take about 10-15 years until they are mature, I really don't get why phone development is not being given the same chance. Sgrìobh Neil Jerram na leanas 07/04/2017 aig 09:46: > If a free (libre) smartphone is your interest, the place to be is the > GTA04 community (http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/). > > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:50 PM Fòram na Gàidhlig > <f...@foramnagaidhlig.net <mailto:f...@foramnagaidhlig.net>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Canonical is axing the developement of the phone and tablet: > > > https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/ > > Same story as with what Mozilla did to us: We spent years developing a > phone, localizing and creating a keyboard and a couple 100$ on devices > out of our private purses for testing, only for the project to be axed > before it had a chance to take off, because the "Internet of Things" > seems to be more attractive. > > We can also forget about getting our languages on iOS or Android, > because the manufacturers will decide which language are allowed on each > phone, not the user. So, if you're not one of the big 10-20 who happen > to be living in the wrong country, tough luck. > > After Adaptxt was axed and we had to move to Swiftkey, iOS isn't even > allowing our keyboard locale. > > > So, this is another VERY BLACK day for our languages, and a sad day for > all those developers who spent so much effort into giving us a free (as > in freedom) phone. > > I hope this mail reaches the powers that be. > > GunChleoc > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > <mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) mQINBFNbSyEBEADh+uhohycnZgPPnyMs5pZQG6pKyLzFZoIKbVjY31ZoPZ2SdltB elrwn6kFZkQiDx4K6nkZFHsPh8RMvWoFWg1rGiWkdsZessLFawraC8YEZDwtlaU5 SFXbE4+QnMfbPhe9tmC8Nbhec3dfV9zcXAhxc+zkIUsKFhSkpJ2Syvo9FCA/5adW UZgWWKFwlSg4+/lrhJ6QJnldPlXfWcuEasKF7fjdafDIdS5hdKu8Lv+CiPQWvgsi J2BDlZLzEZf3PD+NMujUbJa0nilD2ltu3/qRvR2f86YV6wRwt4E2OD8JJQOau4X2 Pg7vqkIbnB9rMiQ6T17rQ4rc80eesGCxQ6XOba9oa1eRRZDwY7HJtYwvPdw9HZaN Lq2RRbGDGO0q7fxrzbp1WuNN+UXOA/pmVzWWczPfPHVcNIehGf3wQI+Vgh/qa+IZ jLJ25I1Tv85cDzvv5gdtI8PR4JTfK6Db+gUJmsuIg2fmsljxA7OmeTgSPR7nEVq5 VlHYfx1T0uKlthWw/eDwlS44vTgm6HZzIdYqdPMPa/PU1U+WVuDejyDJTn/1TY78 oJMT/IixFR+N+smohhKASprewcsO2ClWGptSG0sRTiCrVHFD3Mt6SCVaxsQLHvek KuNAUXhR2KSvYuqGT0Nv3bplN6svCp4CuAGZ3lyOIt/Sb7OFUwzcx2sOdwARAQAB tC5Gw7JyYW0gbmEgR8OgaWRobGlnIDxmaW9zQGZvcmFtbmFnYWlkaGxpZy5uZXQ+ iQI5BBMBAgAjBQJTW0shAhsPBwsJCAcDAgEGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQ UHP09XBr75NHNBAAxv2C/G13Z1kCFOSOnbPpzqcIDcMuP7RK1Mv5XfOZLfqSw4le gdDmZggX2/EBH6xFTXFPLSE6rVUKTkHLA7IY8D43GBtDWjcIyyuLnIjtR+LhRKCP 3/Sm8MyZMQvUH1CBpUXFNnP/HCR6xjm1Mog5kXxFeCR9PMjeEiobKXIVuMfuNlBD WzoR2Nh+oroXLjZw3VMFewiCyhu4Pe7F3sLpVldiI3PBOyPQOBZ3HEIM490D/Lrh rl3Wwmoug8j8rqkh/Fr+kKaToRJik4PkcxsfepzhMdNfCpr7I3jE5XQHzib5Ubv8 wsSaVNBG92NTnGKoAntWXBUaiDN84St9l+Zm/BgedRk+7wdESHBuOuFXoRc0yEjF 4tLOhyO9u5bYGQWHyJiwhbw51R8G+Kh3OPq/tr4KmsuueEI2v5cLkoDzwCpYyMnu BfU8d0mt5eULbQCWcy7LYeQs6E+CEB+tPL3Qz2zaAAvwt7N2PLMjHf5Fcqj5LqrV mzQfcB9zQFq9Rtld/IIIDkE1y/q/SNFYsFNW/u/bxWsu+lMOYtBco++O5DJhAq6t 7rJXUBirju50hhogHfBL2v6RG1b8/uiWm0m8713ZhiSvpr4Dd+V+DU9nPli5nTmU En6gP7TTYJKETMf7O9i873Z8yG6zd0/fBzFyruS2KRTPV2GiVT6CI37gUtw= =fcOW -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
