I think the best response I can provide is a video from our own Stephen Webb at UoS a couple of days ago.
http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22609/supporting-legacy-applications-on-ubuntu-personal/ br,kg On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:29 AM, Liam <liam_philp...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Great reply - really clear information. > > Another aspect of convergence that I'm interested in is running XMir, or > X-compatible applications. Will this be part of OTA-8, or any subsequent > OTA update? And will the BQ E4.5 have sufficient power/resources to support > this? > > Thanks, > > Liam. > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 03:18:57 -0600 > From: kevin.g...@canonical.com > To: peter.bitt...@gmx.net > CC: ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Convergence (current status for bq devices) > > > Hi, > It's probably important for me to state first and foremost, our unity8/mir > releases contain the same code across all of our supported devices. This > code is in our the latest images (rc-proposed that is...iirc we _just_ > missed the cutoff for stable/OTA7). The 2 primary features are this 1) > attaching a bluetooth mouse will put unity8 into windowed mode (regardless > of external monitor). 2) attaching an external monitor is supported by the > software (and will also put unity8 into windowed mode). All of this will > just be part of OTA8. > > Besides the software, there is of course a hardware aspect to these > features. For a cabled external monitor, I can only speak to Nexus4 & Nexus > 7(2013) which have support for slimport (not MHL, they are similar but > different specs). And it's been confirmed on this mailing list before, MX4 > & BQE4.5 do not have slimport or MHL. As for your BQE5, I am not familiar > but would suspect the same wrt slimport and MHL. > And as for your bluetooth mouse connection issue with your BQE5, I can't > speak to that capability, maybe a bug? or maybe someone else knows... > > As for releasing a 15.10 based image, there's no plan to do so. And we're > still releasing all of our features into stable-phone-overlay ppa on top of > 15.04 - so in reality the 15.04+overlay is "more current" than 15.10 as > 15.10 has been closed/frozen for some time now. And what little differs > between 15.10 and 15.04+overlay is largely irrelevant for phone. > > br,kg > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net> > wrote: > > I have difficulties finding out the current status of convergence. > > There have been a few videos and photos around on YouTube, Google+, > OMG!Ubuntu, Ubuntu Wiki, but I've found no official roadmap or release > date for an Ubuntu Touch release with convergence features enabled in > general (on any device). Even worse, on OMG!Ubuntu a commenter > mentions having been told by a Canonical representative that > convergence will never be available for bq Aquaris (4.5) devices: > """ > "The guy in charge of phone development at Canonical UK told me > recently that you won't be able to 'converge' your Aquaris. For one > thing the E4.5 isn't able to support MHL. It just doesn't have the > required hardware to run as a desktop." > """ > See below for some sources. > > Also, I've just bought a MHL micro USB to HDMI adapter [1], which > works great for attaching USB pen drives, but when I try to attach > either a wireless keyboard and mouse [2], or an external monitor to my > bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition (latest OTA, 15.04, r6, VEGETEA01A-...) > nothing happens. Attaching a bluetooth mouse [3] to the phone isn't > supported yet either; same for the bluetooth keyboard of my kids' Kano > device. At least on the stock image updated over the air. > > So,what is actually true? Will Ubuntu Touch on our devices be capable > to do convergence, say, with the next OTA update? When can we expect > convergence to work for all devices by default? Is there a status page > or roadmap somewhere? > > (BTW, just noted that my phone runs 15.04; will the next OTA bring 15.10?) > > Peter > > -- > Videos, images, posts on convergence: > - https://plus.google.com/+DanielWood/posts/BUTLNA7EpEA > - https://plus.google.com/+DanielWood/posts/9pxKKAsiz5w > - > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/new-video-shows-off-ubuntu-convergence-demoed-on-tablet-phone > - > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/first-ubuntu-phone-with-convergence-is-being-made-by-bq > - > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/Presentations?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Ubuntu-touch-the-super-smartphone-convergence.pdf > > [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xcsource+5in1+AC148&t=canonical&ia=products > [2] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rapoo+e9100p&t=canonical&iac=1 > [3] > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=logitech+ultrathin+toch+mouse&t=canonical&ia=products > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : > ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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