The story of a worldwide community.
Humanity to others, that's what Ubuntu stands for.
This is the story of how a promising project got abandoned and one guy stepped in, trying to save it all.
He found other people to join the effort. One thing led to another, and the community kept growing.
The UBports Foundation
As the project kept growing and growing, the UBports Foundation was established to accommodate the growing scale of the project. The creation of the foundation ensured that both private and corporate sponsors could communicate their desire to contribute. The foundation was co-founded by Marius Gripsgard, Ricardo Mendoza, Johannah Sprinz, Florian Leeber, and Ewald Pierre.
The UBports Foundation offers financial, organizational, and legal support to the entire community. It also acts as an independent legal entity, allowing community members to contribute with the assurance that their efforts will be preserved for the public good. Every contribution is valued immensely and helps further the foundation's mission to benefit everybody.
What are our goals?
Developing together
To help and promote the collaborative software development of Ubuntu Touch.
Advocating for the community
To assist the community with defending their interests and sustainable development.
Promoting Ubuntu Touch
To promote the use of Ubuntu Touch as a viable solution for mobile devices.
Making collaboration possible
To facilitate synergies, collaboration and fundraising efforts.
Defining goals and roadmaps
To actively collaborate on the definition of goals and roadmaps for further development.
We've grown into a very active and open community, and we'd like to invite you with open arms.
Let's get together.
The UBports Foundation is active across many different events. Find out below which ones are coming up next.
Canonical's vision
Canonical's vision was to have Ubuntu on TV's, laptops, tablets and phones. A preview was released in 2013.
bg and Meizu ship phones with Ubuntu Touch.
A timeline is a graphical representation on which important events are marked.
UBports is created.
Started in 2015 by Marius Gripsgard, UBports was created to focus on porting Ubuntu Touch to more devices.
Canonical's abandons Ubuntu Touch, Unity and Mir
Canonical instead wishes to put its focus and resources into their core products, like Ubuntu on desktops and servers.
The UBports Community takes over the development of Ubuntu Touch.
UBports Foundation is founded.
Canonical instead wishes to put its focus and resources into their core products, like Ubuntu on desktops and servers.