Project , which took over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after , OTA-11 (over-the-air) firmware update for all officially supported devices , which were equipped with firmware based on Ubuntu. The update is available for smartphones like OnePlus One, Fairphone 2, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2013, Meizu MX4/PRO 5, Bq Aquaris E5/E4.5/M10. The project also includes an experimental desktop port , available for Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04.
The release is built on Ubuntu 16.04 (OTA-3 was based on Ubuntu 15.04, and starting from OTA-4, the transition to Ubuntu 16.04 was made). As in the previous release, the main focus of OTA-11 was on bug fixes and improving stability. The next update promises to transition the firmware to new versions of Mir and the Unity 8 shell. Testing of the build with Mir 1.1, qtcontacts-sqlite (from Sailfish), and the new Unity 8 is being conducted in a separate experimental branch.". The transition to the new Unity 8 will lead to the discontinuation of support for Smart Scopes and the integration of the new App Launcher interface. Full support for the Android application environment based on the work of the .
Key Changes:
- The on-screen keyboard has added advanced text editing features, allowing users to navigate through entered text, undo/redo changes, select blocks of text, and copy or paste text from the clipboard. To activate the advanced mode, it is necessary to press and hold the spacebar on the on-screen keyboard (in the future, it is planned to simplify the activation of advanced mode). The on-screen keyboard also includes optional support for the Dvorak layout and has established a single dictionary for spell correction with different layouts.
- In the built-in Morph browser, based on the Chromium engine and QtWebEngine, a model for associating settings with individual domains has been implemented.
Thanks to this improvement, the browser now has features such as saving the selected zoom level for websites, selective management of access to location data at the site level (to override the global settings of 'Always allow' or 'Always deny'), launching external applications via URL handlers (for example, clicking on 'tel://' links can open the call interface), and maintaining a blacklist or whitelist of blocked or only allowed resources. - The client and server for push notifications are no longer tied to the user's account in Ubuntu One. Now, to receive push notifications, it is sufficient for the applications to support this service.
- Improved support for devices shipped with Android 7.1, including additional audio handlers needed for making calls.
- On Nexus 5 smartphones, issues with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hanging, leading to excessive CPU load and rapid battery drain, have been resolved.
- Resolved issues with receiving, displaying, and processing MMS messages.
Additionally, on the status of the UBports porting for the smartphone . Already a simple experimental image based on the Librem 5 devkit prototype. The firmware capabilities are still heavily limited (for example, there is no support for telephony, mobile data transfer, and messaging). Some issues, such as the inability to enter sleep mode without Android drivers until the Unity System Compositor adaptation for Wayland through Mir is completed,
are not specific to Librem 5 and are also being addressed for Pinephone and Raspberry Pi. Work on the port for Librem 5 is planned to resume after the final device is received, which Purism has promised to send in early 2020.
Source: opennet.ru
