14 DAY TRIAL // Ubuntu Touch seems to be advancing at a regular pace and the developers are still bringing some new features. Now, they have implemented USB Tethering.
USB Tethering is a feature that allows users to access the Internet via the phone. This can be a very useful option to have if you're in a place without an Ethernet cable or if you want to surf the web on a computer that has no access to an Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi hardware.
It won't surprise you to know that Android has had this feature for a very long time, but Windows Phone and iOS don't. Some of you might find it rather trivial and unimportant, but there are many users out there who will be very happy to see that Ubuntu Touch will be able to support it.
As a side note, the procedure is not yet automated and it will take a little bit of effort from users to make it work, but don't let the terminal commands scare you. Ubuntu developer Oliver Grawert explains the procedure.
“Yesterday I finally got around to land a proper network-manager config (and a few watcher upstart jobs to enable it at the right time) so that USB (wired) tethering now works and you can use your Ubuntu Phone as network gateway for your PC/laptop.”
In order to enable USB tethering you will need to wire the phone to the PC/laptop and enter the following command in a terminal:
When you're done with the connection, you will need to restore everything back to its natural order. To do that you will have to enter another command in the terminal:
Ubuntu developers are working right now to produce an RTM version for their operating system and the autumn launch of the Bq and Meizu phones seems to be on track.