Showing posts with label Ubuntu Touch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ubuntu Touch. Show all posts
Sunday, November 29, 2015
New Ubuntu Touch Release does not promote Images because of Multiple Issues
Ubuntu Touch development team announces that the developers facing lot of problems while dealing with bug fixes. According to them, this week is one of the unluck because they are not able to promote images of Ubuntu Touch as multiple issues arises at a time.
According to official announcement, the developers are working to fix the issues which creates a problem while promoting images. The team haven't released any new update for quite a while because internally they are resolving lot of issues at a time. Recently, developers had a problem related with recent images and currently they all are working on it.
The Ubuntu Touch developers state that "First our landings were stalled because of chroot problems in the archives - and when we were finally able to build and land everything that was required to unblock promotion, image #150 appeared to be completely un-bootable! The root cause has been identified (in the recent changes in user handling) with a work-around quickly hacked and released. Image #151 is now available in the -proposed channel and it should be usable once again!".
The team claims that Image #151 will be their first promotion candidate. On Monday, they will check how the test results for this and the subsequent images look like and try to announce a new level channel addition as soon as possible. On Monday, the community will switch to TRAINCON-0 mode which means risky and non-bugifx landings will have to be double-tested by QA specialists. You might also like to check out other Software News on our website.
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According to official announcement, the developers are working to fix the issues which creates a problem while promoting images. The team haven't released any new update for quite a while because internally they are resolving lot of issues at a time. Recently, developers had a problem related with recent images and currently they all are working on it.
The Ubuntu Touch developers state that "First our landings were stalled because of chroot problems in the archives - and when we were finally able to build and land everything that was required to unblock promotion, image #150 appeared to be completely un-bootable! The root cause has been identified (in the recent changes in user handling) with a work-around quickly hacked and released. Image #151 is now available in the -proposed channel and it should be usable once again!".
The team claims that Image #151 will be their first promotion candidate. On Monday, they will check how the test results for this and the subsequent images look like and try to announce a new level channel addition as soon as possible. On Monday, the community will switch to TRAINCON-0 mode which means risky and non-bugifx landings will have to be double-tested by QA specialists. You might also like to check out other Software News on our website.
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Mir Display Server and Unity 8 updated with UI and Translation Fixes
The Ubuntu Phone development team officially announces the release of new update for Mir Display Server and Unity 8 with minor bug fixes. Well as you know that the development of Mir and Unity 8 is going on at slow speed, but every release contains some fixes which were reported by users.
According to official announcement, Mir Display Server now works on critical/high priority bugs. It also continue working on devel/Mir 0.8, promoted Mir 0.7.2 with some minor bug fixes. This updated Mir wound down on privating Mir server interface which mainly deals with knock on effects of packaging.
The Unity 8 also receives some of the fixes like fixing of some translation bugs along with dash UI related issues. It also fixes promotion blocker for touch/edge issues. Apart from these fixes, Unity 8 also reviews some of the update requests from design re dash and indicators.
Currently, Unity 7 is used on Ubuntu 14.04 but as we know that in October, Ubuntu 14.10 is coming so it might be possible that it will come up with Unity 8 as default desktop environment where as Ubuntu Phones already received updated Mir and Unity 8 support. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
Ubuntu Tablet, UbuTab now available for Sale at $245 for 1TB & $300 for 2TB
Ubuntu community officially announces the release of UbuTab, Ubuntu Tablet which is based on Ubuntu Touch operating system. Well you know that Ubuntu Phone is already using Ubuntu Touch and so does Ubuntu Tablet or UbuTab. Ubuntu Touch is so flexible that it can install on any platform and also supports Nexus 7 device. Currently, UbuTab is priced only for $245 for 1TB model and $300 fkor 2TB model.
The team primarily focus on smartphones but Ubuntu Touch operating system has the ability to mould itself according to device, so it currently supported by many tablets too. With rapid growth in smartphone business so the tablet business suffers a lot that's why Ubunu developers mainly focusing on Ubuntu Phones but they still planning to release Ubuntu Tablets so users can get advanced operating system in very cheap rate.
UbuTab, Ubuntu Tablet, considered as the beast of all tablets as it supports unique design which has no limitations like hardware specs. Nikki Wertish, creator of UbuTab, says that the bezel of tablet is 80% smaller than any other model currently available in market. He also specify that they target to bring desktop capacity storage to tablet as latest hard drive in market provides much storage capacity upto 2TB.
UbuTab Tablet includes specs like 10.1 inch IPS screen with 1920x1200 screen resolution, ARM Cortex-A9 Quad-Core 1.6GHz CPU, a Mali400MP4 Quad-Core GPU with OpenGL ES 2.0 support. Among other specs, it includes 2GB RAM, 1TB or 2TB internal storage, 6 hours battery life with 11000 mAh battery. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.
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The team primarily focus on smartphones but Ubuntu Touch operating system has the ability to mould itself according to device, so it currently supported by many tablets too. With rapid growth in smartphone business so the tablet business suffers a lot that's why Ubunu developers mainly focusing on Ubuntu Phones but they still planning to release Ubuntu Tablets so users can get advanced operating system in very cheap rate.
UbuTab, Ubuntu Tablet, considered as the beast of all tablets as it supports unique design which has no limitations like hardware specs. Nikki Wertish, creator of UbuTab, says that the bezel of tablet is 80% smaller than any other model currently available in market. He also specify that they target to bring desktop capacity storage to tablet as latest hard drive in market provides much storage capacity upto 2TB.
UbuTab Tablet includes specs like 10.1 inch IPS screen with 1920x1200 screen resolution, ARM Cortex-A9 Quad-Core 1.6GHz CPU, a Mali400MP4 Quad-Core GPU with OpenGL ES 2.0 support. Among other specs, it includes 2GB RAM, 1TB or 2TB internal storage, 6 hours battery life with 11000 mAh battery. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.
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