Back in early 2013, your editor
dedicated asacrificial handset to the testing of the then-new Ubuntu Touchdistribution. At that time, things were so unbaked that the distributioncame with mocked-up data for unready apps; it even came with a set of faketweets. Nearly three years later, it seemed time to give Ubuntu Touchanother try on another sacrificial device. This distribution has certainlymade some progress in those years, but, sadly, it still seems far from beinga competitive offering in this space.