UBports Begins Offering Ubuntu Touch 64-Bit ARM Images

[phoronix]

Phoronix: UBports Begins Offering Ubuntu Touch 64-Bit ARM Images

While Ubuntu Touch has run on AArch64 hardware, to date their builds have been focused on 32-bit mode support. Fortunately, for select devices, they are now spinning 64-bit images...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Touch-64-Bit-ARM

[tildearrow]

Typo:

Besides being able to support more than 4GB of RAM with ease, the 64-bit images have resulted in applications launching faster and perform better thans to the ARMv8 architecture.

[elatllat]

If Ubuntu had made touch builds for the devices LineageOS supports, or even one flagship a year it would be more likely to gain traction.

[jo-erlend]

If Ubuntu had made touch builds for the devices LineageOS supports, or even one flagship a year it would be more likely to gain traction.

Sure, but it's a fairly small part of the Ubuntu community that's working on this, so they have to prioritize their time.