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I had been using my Google Pixel 3a XL for reading feeds and web browsing (my “phone phone” is a Google Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS). I switched from LineageOS to DivestOS on my Pixel 3a XL several months ago. Today, I learned that DivestOS is being discontinued. I had originally purchased the Pixel 3a XL when I was still daily driving a Murena Teracube 2e with the intent of using it to run Ubuntu Touch, but I failed on the install and went with LineageOS instead (that was before switching to DivestOS). I figured with DivestOS dead, I would go back to the original plan. This time I successfully installed the correct version of Android per the Ubuntu Touch instructions, went into the Ubuntu Touch installer to install Ubuntu Touch, and installed Droidian (wait what?). I never heard of Droidian until 10 minutes ago, but it installed and looks neat. We’ll see…

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I wrote a New Leaf Journal article about installing Ubuntu Touch on a Google Nexus 7 tablet back in July 2021. That turned out to be one of our all-time most-read articles, and it has been one of our most-read articles of 2023 despite the fact that the Ubuntu Touch project discontinued support for it in April 2023. It may seem odd that I never wrote a follow-up, but there were two reasons. Firstly, while installing it was fun, I never found a specific use for the Ubuntu Touch Nexus 7 (I did end up using a second Nexus 7 that I installed LineageOS on and I have a new project in the works about that one). Secondly, I did not know where my Ubuntu Touch Nexus 7 was for a while. I just found it and am installing the last updates for it. Better late than never?