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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 8 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm now running it and it's beautiful!

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly yeah, I like it. The richer and expanded coloring is super nice imo.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 points 4 weeks ago

I'm also loving the new animations. They make everything feel snappier and smoother.

[–] biscuit 3 points 4 weeks ago

Agreed, it's made my 3 year old Pixel 7 look and feel like new.

[–] RunicSword@beehaw.org 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if it's new but the text editing and moving the cursor has a magnifier now like iOS. Love it!

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 4 weeks ago

That's been there for a minute.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I got one question... Can it run Linux?

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago
[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ships with the new terminal, so I'd assume so

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Clarified.... Can I delete Android and use Linux only.

[–] Markaos@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a weird question to ask under a post about an Android update. To answer anyway, the answer is probably yes - there is a GSI variant of Ubuntu Touch now, and there are projects that make your phone always boot into a GSI. If you combine these two things, you should get a Pixel that always boots into Ubuntu Touch.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Without telling Google everything I do and uploading all my photos to their gallery?

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well, for that you can also get degoogled android on there, which is probably a better solution