The leader of the UBports project, which took on the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch and the Unity 8 desktop after Canonical distanced itself from them, announced the integration of Lomiri (formerly Unity 8) packages and the Mir 2 display server into the 'unstable' and 'testing' branches of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It is noted that the UBports leader constantly uses Lomiri in Debian, and a few minor changes need to be made to fully stabilize Lomiri's performance. During the porting process of Lomiri for Debian, outdated dependencies were removed or renamed, it was adapted for the new system environment (for example, ensuring compatibility with systemd), and a transition was made to the new branch of the Mir 2.12 display server.
Lomiri operates using the Qt5 library and the Mir 2 display server, which serves as a compositing server based on Wayland. server In combination with the mobile environment of Ubuntu Touch, the Lomiri desktop is in demand for implementing the Convergence mode, which allows forming an adaptive environment for mobile devices that, when connected to a monitor, provides a full desktop experience and turns a smartphone or tablet into a portable workstation.
Source: opennet.ru
