tag: #ubports

The follow-up to running Ubuntu Touch on a Fairphone 4 is the feature that actually distinguishes it from every mainstream phone. Plug the phone into a monitor over USB-C, pair a Bluetooth keyboard, and the phone becomes a desktop computer. The phone's own touchscreen then works as the trackpad. This is convergence, and once it works, it changes what the phone is for.

I run Ubuntu Touch on a Fairphone 4 as my actual phone. It is a good experience, better than the skeptics assume and worse than the enthusiasts claim. Waydroid runs most Android apps, microG handles most of the apps that expect Google services, and the one real cost is that backups do not work the way you are used to. This is the honest writeup.