Project , which took on the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch and the Unity8 desktop after their departure. , about the continued development of his Unity8 under the new name Lomiri. The main reason for the name change is the overlap with the game engine "Unity," which causes confusion among users who believe the projects are related (for example, they ask how to import 3D models and meshes into Unity8).
In addition, during the process of packaging Unity8 for Debian and Fedora, questions arose regarding the use of the trademark "ubuntu," which is used in the names of some Unity8 components (for example, "ubuntu-ui-toolkit," "ubuntu-download-manager," "qtubuntu"). The Debian and Fedora distributions cannot accept projects that violate trademark requirements. Canonical the word "ubuntu" in the names of third-party projects without explicit permission. Although no claims have been made against UBports by Canonical, the project decided to take precautions. After the renaming, the unity8 package will be called lomiri, ubuntu-ui-toolkit will be lomiri-ui-toolkit, and ubuntu-download-manager will be lomiri-download-manager. The QML components Ubuntu.Components will be renamed to Lomiri.Components.
Lomiri is positioned as a universal user environment suitable for use on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and PCs. The environment uses the Qt5 library and the Mir display server, which acts as a compositing server based on Wayland. Combined with the mobile environment UBports (Ubuntu Touch), the Lomiri desktop enables the Convergence mode, offering an adaptive environment for mobile devices that provides a full desktop experience when connected to a monitor, turning a smartphone or tablet into a portable workstation.
Source: opennet.ru
