Sekuphele isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka selokhu iCanonical yaqinisekisa ukuvalwa kwamaphrojekthi ayo ahlobene ne-Unity 8 ne-Ubuntu Phone. Ngaphezu kokunganeliseki kwabasebenzisi abaningi, onjiniyela abaningi bathi bakha izimfoloko zalawa maphrojekthi futhi baqhubeka nawo ngaphandle kokuxhaswa yi-Canonical ne-Ubuntu. Kepha, ngemuva konyaka, yiphrojekthi eyodwa kuphela evelele imiphumela yayo. Le phrojekthi sIbizwa nge-UBPorts, sonke esivele siyayazi futhi akukho kungabaza ukuthi sizoqhubeka nokwazi nokulalela ngokuzayo.
Muva nje, ICanonical inqume ukunikela kuphrojekthi ye-UBPorts amadivayisi ahlukahlukene ekuqaleni abene-Ubuntu Touch noma Ubuntu Ucingo. Lo mnikelo wenziwa ukuze i-UBports iqhubeke nokwakhiwa kwe-Ubuntu Phone nezinhlelo zokusebenza.
Kepha akuyona ukuphela kwento esiyaziyo nge-UBPorts. Umthuthukisi we I-UBports ikwazile ukufaka i-Moto G 2014 futhi isivele ine-Ubuntu Phone njengohlelo lokusebenza, uhlelo lokusebenza olusebenza kahle kudivayisi nakuwo wonke ama-hardware asebenzayo. Indlela yokufaka ishicilelwe ku- Izinkundla ze-XDA, ingosi enkulu kunazo zonke ekhuluma isiNgisi kuma-Smartphones nesoftware ehlobene namadivayisi eselula.
Kepha hhayi kuphela kusuka ku-smartphone ehlala iphrojekthi. I-UBPorts isanda kuthumela imfoloko ye-Unity 8 , ngemuva kwe-hiatus ka-Yunit futhi muva nje kwethulwe inguqulo ezinzile yedeskithophu edumile. Ukuze ufake le nguqulo ye-Unity 8 kufanele sivule i-terminal bese sibhala okulandelayo:
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ubports/unity8-desktop-install-tools/master/install.sh)
Lokhu kuzofaka i-Unity 8 kepha kufanele sisho ukuthi le nguqulo, yize isebenza, okwamanje ayihambisani nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezivamile, ezibhalwe ngemitapo yolwazi ye-X11, yize kungukukhonjiswa okuhle kokuthi i-Unity 8 ingaba yini noma izoba yini. Ngakho-ke, i-UBPorts kancane kancane iba yiphrojekthi kubalulekile kubasebenzisi abaningi abaqhubeka nokuba ngabanikazi futhi basebenzise amaphrojekthi ahlobene no-Ubuntu, into engaziwa ngokungaqondile yi-Canonical.