The UBports community today released Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 as the latest version of the smartphone/tablet Linux platform currently running off an Ubuntu 20.04 base.

Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 is supported on a number of phones from ASUS, Fairphone, Google, Oneplus, Vollaphone, Sony, and others. This OTA-7 release is coming earlier than planned to fix a number of issues -- or rather, security issues. Due to security issues with PulseAudio and other problems, Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 is out earlier.

So a rather small update but for those interested in learning more the OTA-7 details can be found on [1]UBports.com .

UBports developers also recently [2]discussed plans for moving Ubuntu Touch from the aging Ubuntu 20.04 LTS base to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base. Hopefully around early next year that Ubuntu 24.04-ified version of Ubuntu Touch will be ready for advancing this community-supported, Linux smartphone platform.

"Marius said that we could expect quite a nice version of 24.04 to be ready early next year but a reasonably functioning build might be released as soon as just before Christmas."



[1] https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-7-focal-release-3943

[2] https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-q-a-153-3946