We were informed by Canonical a few moments ago that the UBports community initiative led by Marius Gripsgard successfully launched the Ubuntu mobile OS for Fairphone 2 devices.
The UBports project is well known among members of the Ubuntu Phone community, as they are porting Canonical’s Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system to a bunch of devices that are a lot more popular than what Canonical currently offers.
For example, UBports allows you to install Ubuntu Touch on smartphones like OnePlus One and Nexus 5, and it will soon be supported on Nexus 10, Optimus L90, Nexus 6, Oneplus X, and many other widely-used smartphones and tablets.
“The Ubuntu Community UBports has one mission: to have the open source software Ubuntu on every device, starting with smartphones. UBports’ actions are based on collaborative development where developers are putting Ubuntu on different smartphones,” reads today’s press announcement.
UBports will showcase Ubuntu on the Fairph… (read more)
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