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!