▲ 177 ▼ I Tried Running Ubuntu on My Phone, Here's How It Went (www.howtogeek.com) submitted 2 years ago by tifriis@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ubuntu Touch is optimized to reduce unnecessary background processes, making your phone last longer on a single charge. Wait..... did he just say that Ubuntu runs faster than Android on an Android phone? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] halm@leminal.space 14 points 2 years ago Nope. He explicitly only praises battery life in that parapgraph. He experienced some performance issues in his (old) test device: Ubuntu Touch shines in battery life (at least in my experience). Since the OS is lighter and uses fewer system resources, many users report better battery performance than on Android. Ubuntu Touch is optimized to reduce unnecessary background processes, making your phone last longer on a single charge. However, if you push the OS with more demanding tasks, you may still run into performance issues, especially on older hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Iirc, Android is based on Linux, so not too far fetched permalink fedilink source parent
[–] halm@leminal.space 14 points 2 years ago Nope. He explicitly only praises battery life in that parapgraph. He experienced some performance issues in his (old) test device: Ubuntu Touch shines in battery life (at least in my experience). Since the OS is lighter and uses fewer system resources, many users report better battery performance than on Android. Ubuntu Touch is optimized to reduce unnecessary background processes, making your phone last longer on a single charge. However, if you push the OS with more demanding tasks, you may still run into performance issues, especially on older hardware. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Iirc, Android is based on Linux, so not too far fetched permalink fedilink source parent