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So I just took the next step on the de-Googling pathway and installed Asteroid OS on my smartwatch. (social.vivaldi.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago by ajsadauskas@social.vivaldi.net to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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So I just took the next step on the de-Googling pathway and installed Asteroid OS on my smartwatch.

For the uninitiated, Asteroid OS is an open source alternative operating system that replaces Google's WearOS: https://asteroidos.org/

And my first impressions are that it's really nice 😁

So far, I actually like it better than WearOS.

The process for getting it set up was a little fiddly, and it took two attempts to get it right.

That's as much to do with the fastboot menu on my phone and its tiny text.

I wouldn't recommend doing it to my great uncle, but it's easy enough for anyone who knows their way around the terminal in Ubuntu. The instructions were very clear too.

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Whats the point of that?

Like if I have a modern smartwatch how would I even consider it from any research it seems dead?

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

🤷 (I don't know)

[–] marcdw@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Their Matrix chat is very active regarding development and other things. Builds are available on a regular basis. Not sure why you insist on calling it dead if you don't know or care to know anything. So it doesn't support your watch, it's dead? Yet it supports mine, so it's alive and kicking. ¯_(⊙_ʖ⊙)_/¯

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

How did you get that from what I wrote?

Just search it online, you get a site, site looks great. You go to see the supported devices, they are all old, weird... You check the github, seems to not be updated. You look at the news section on the site, only a few posts per year and last major release is 2018.

If you are making a project in hopes of helping the community but it looks so unmaintained, then plenty of people will miss out on it since why would you install a eol os? If this is not for the community and just for the inner circle, the sure, this is fine, but why would you be surprised that people think it's dead?