Ubuntu on a phone, anyone? UBports reaches 18th stable update, but it's still based on 16.04

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 21, 2021 9:33 AM EDT
The Register; By Tim Anderson
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UBports, which took on the task of maintaining the Ubuntu Touch mobile OS after Canonical abandoned it, has released OTA-18 with lots of improvements, but still based on the ancient Ubuntu 16.04. According to the team, one of the big changes in this release is a rewritten Media-hub service, responsible for media playback and control. "20,526 lines of code later, the new media-hub emerged – with better tests, a more contributor-friendly structure, and a few fixed bugs to boot," said the post introducing the release.

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