Lomiri in Debian - Convergence for all Device Form Factors

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The talk describes bringing Lomiri (the Unity8 fork from UBports/Ubuntu Touch) into Debian, covering the two Debian release cycles of packaging and integration that led to Lomiri being available in Debian 13. It reviews the project's history from Canonical’s Unity8 through UBports’ Lomiri, explains technical and packaging challenges encountered while merging the full Lomiri/Ubuntu Touch stack into Debian, and outlines what Lomiri’s convergent desktop environment offers across desktops, tablets and phones.

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