Ubuntu Phone
summary
Ubuntu Phone on devices like the bq Aquaris 4.5 and Meizu MX4 runs a Linux 3.10 kernel with Canonical’s Mir display server and Unity 8 UI; applications are written in QML/HTML5 or distributed as snapped packages, while Scopes aggregate web content. Hardware relies on vendor binary drivers, background apps are frozen (so push mail is not available), and the promised phone-to-desktop convergence is planned but not yet complete; the user/install base is small (roughly 20,000 devices).
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Ubuntu Phone
- 0:59Table of Contents
- 10:50Scopes
- 14:22bq Aquaris E4.5
- 16:02Meizu MX4
- 17:29System Architecture
- 20:32What's Inside?
- 23:36New Technologies
- 27:26App Permissions
- 28:16App Programming
- 29:57Scope Programming
- 31:18What is Possible?
- 33:20Convergence
- 37:36Questions
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