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Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by collyw »

jbeja wrote: post #255
nirvanis wrote: post #184

I hate to be that guy, but I believe I need to share this. I was amongst the "lucky" ones who managed to get one of the phones of the first batch they sold (my Serial Number is lower than 1500). After using the phone for 20 minutes, I realized that the OS is _very_ far from being usable. I was able to spot more than 10 bugs that would prevent any regular smartphone user to use Ubuntu Phone as a replacement of a rudim…

"I hate to be that guy" No, you really don't. Because if that was the case, instead commenting here, why won't you go to Ubuntu phone bug tracking or whatever and give your feedback there where would be actually useful? Just a though.

Hey its useful to me. I am looking for a new phone in around that price range. This is the first I have heard of an Ubuntu phone being available, and useful to get an opinion from others even if it does seem negative.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by collyw »

gradstudent wrote: post #5

Can't wait to be rid of Android. Its endless insistence on upgrading me to the latest version is driving me batty.

Yes, the original version of Google maps was good, then they kept upgrading it until it became unusable (it was incredibly slow on my phone). I managed to downgrade it, but now the local bus app that uses maps doesn't work.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by collyw »

untog wrote: post #115
gradstudent wrote: post #5

Can't wait to be rid of Android. Its endless insistence on upgrading me to the latest version is driving me batty.

Free updates aren't usually a bad thing.

On a moderately specced phone they can be. Plus maps just got less and less usable in my opinion. The map gained more screen space but got unusably slow, and no idea how to access features that I previously used (buttons for zoom in and out for example. Pinch zoom when driving is dangerous).

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by mobiplayer »

mcdoug wrote: post #222
mobiplayer wrote: post #206

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True, and how stupid is that? We consider a self signed certificate to be worse than no encryption.

It's because they are. How many times will this be brought up? The browser has no way of knowing whether gmail.com should be serving a self-signed cert (pinning notwithstanding), so it must treat a self-signed cert as a MITM attack at all times. Try to think through how else it could possibly work, and you'll see why the browsers do this.

No, they are not.

The browser should treat any HTTP connection as a MITM attack at all times, too. Actually, it should also treat it as multiple MITM because everyone in your network or in the path can see your traffic.

We could argue if it even makes sense to differentiate between SSL with self-signed certs and plain HTTP connections when warning users, I'll give you that. But in no way SSL with self-signed are worse than HTTP.

> Try to think through how else it could possibly work, and you'll see why the browsers do this.

Funny :)

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by sp332 »

abrowne wrote: post #266
sp332 wrote: post #16

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Google has 88 apps in the Android app store. Which ones are you looking to replace? Edit: Here's a list of the "core apps". https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/CoreApps Notably missing are email and SMS apps, so I'm not sure what they're using for those. Also, you won't spend as much time in siloed app experiences on this OS. It's all about Scopes: http://www.ubuntu.com/phone/features

The "Core Apps" have a bad name. They are community-developed apps, that may be included in the stock image. What you're really looking for are the "System Apps": https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-system-apps

Oh, thanks! But I still don't see email or maps in either list?

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by Joeri »

mbrock wrote: post #33
fasteo wrote: post #24

BQ main office is just 50 meters away from my office. They are like 70-80 people, all very young ( Pretty useless comment, I know.

They also make an e-reader [1] with open source software. I'm somewhat obsessed with the idea of using it for ssh/mosh as a portable terminal. It would be very cool to hear if someone has tried this, before ordering one. I mailed some random guy at BQ and he said he never tried it, but also found it interesting. If you find it interesting too, maybe you could run down and ask around! :) [1]: http://www.bq.com/gb/prod…

There's a terminal emulator for kindle: http://www.fabiszewski.net/kindle-terminal/

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by mbrock »

Joeri wrote: post #276
mbrock wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They also make an e-reader [1] with open source software. I'm somewhat obsessed with the idea of using it for ssh/mosh as a portable terminal. It would be very cool to hear if someone has tried this, before ordering one. I mailed some random guy at BQ and he said he never tried it, but also found it interesting. If you find it interesting too, maybe you could run down and ask around! :) [1]: http://www.bq.com/gb/prod…

There's a terminal emulator for kindle: http://www.fabiszewski.net/kindle-terminal/

That's pretty cool! But being able to connect a physical keyboard is important to me; I want to be able to actually code/admin/email/whatever, preferrably replacing a laptop for extended periods of time. :)

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by abrowne »

sp332 wrote: post #275
abrowne wrote: post #266

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "Core Apps" have a bad name. They are community-developed apps, that may be included in the stock image. What you're really looking for are the "System Apps": https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-system-apps

Oh, thanks! But I still don't see email or maps in either list?

(I've been following development on and off — lately more off.)

Email is Dekko: https://launchpad.net/dekko (No idea about the name.) Based on (forked from) Trojitá.

I haven't seen a maps app, but I know they're using Here/Nokia for location services (https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/07/30/nokia-here-maps-comin...). I think the BQ phone comes with a location "scope". The Here HTML5 app is pretty good on FxOS, so they could be using that.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by kennycox »

IgorPartola wrote: post #198
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #137

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It's not just that. TLS setup is additional effort.

Let me walk you through it: $ openssl genrsa -out $server.key 2048 $ openssl req -new -sha256 -key $server.key -out $server.csr Get the CSR to a CA and get the cert in your email inbox. Compose the cert into a chain (the most painful part of the process). Put the cert and the key in /etc/ssl/certs/example.com.crt and respectively /etc/ssl/private/example.com.key; In your nginx config add the following: server { liste…

Why should we pay more? Same product available at cheaper price $60 for 1 year as well alphassl wildcard at $42. https://www.ssl2buy.com/cheap-wildcard-ssl-certificates-ads

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by AlphaGeekZulu »

chipaca wrote: post #181
AlphaGeekZulu wrote: post #116

I have this phone since around 20th of March and like it really very much. The Terminal app is hilarious. I was pleased to find much more stuff in the Ubuntu store than expected. Telephony is perfect. The one thing I do not like is the runtime of the battery. 44 hours was the absolute maximum I had this phone running before it went black (just turning it on, entering the SIM-PIN, having Bluetooth, GPS and WiFi turned…

The next OTA (which should pass QA next week) is going to make battery a significantly better, fwiw.

Just for the records: the update 21 indeed improved battery life significantly! I am all happy ;-))
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