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AsteroidOS 2.0 is here with a massive load of new features and support for many more watches.

Thank you to all contributors who made it possible!

Watch the visual demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6FiQz0yACc

Read the announcement: https://asteroidos.org/news/2-0-release/

Enjoy the wrist-sized Linux ride!

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[–] MalReynolds@piefed.social 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Generally correct, but,

GrapheneOS and similar have poorer performance on phones

FWIW my gOS gets 40-50% more battery, likely due to lack of parasitic (see what I did there?) google services.