The Android Gingerbread SDK has been out for many weeks. And we are just starting to see some custom ROM’s starting to show up. In fact, there was quite a bit of buzz about a “leak” of Verizon’s Droid 2 Gingerbread build. I was sorely tempted to dive right into this one.
But I chose to wait. I bypassed the fancy bauble that might have fascinated me for a moment. Instead, I decided to support @kejar and @jrummy by installing their latest build of the Liberty ROM. And I am so glad that I did. This new version of their ROM is wonderful. It is clean and fast. And it has all of the stability that you can expect from a Froyo-based build. And since it is based on the most common Android platform, all of the apps that I depend upon are fully supported on the build. Better still, I am comfortable because all of the newest apps are still within my reach – including the latest Amazon Cloud Drive player.
So what does Liberty 2.0 bring to the table? For me, the big ticket items are as follows:
- Busybox 1.17.2
- Sysctl enabled by default
- Cron scheduler enabled
- Some amazing updates to the Liberty Toolbox
- Tons of themes, tons of fixes, and a couple key Blur features
Do these changes give me all that I want? Of course not. I want Gingerbread. Give me some of that sweetness. Of course, once I have that, I want some Honeycomb as well. But for now, I have Liberty – and I am thrilled. This version is more stable. This version looks sharper (mostly due to wider theme support). And this version runs everything I have. I can wait a little longer for Moto, Verizon and the Liberty team to give me Libertybread.
-Roo
P.S. As you may be able to tell, I’m using the EpicBlue Theme. It really rocks!
P.P.S. I went ahead and purchased the *Donate* version of the Liberty Toolbox (from the Amazon Market). You should too!
