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One main variable is what UI environment the distro uses. GNOME and KDE are the two most popular, but also the most resource heavy. LXDE or XFCE are designed to use less resources, so it may help looking for distros that contain those. Ubuntu has Lubuntu and Xubuntu, respectively.

I've been working on this side project and would love some users and feedback! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hol Features: - Food logger with calories and calorie density, shows what foods will keep you more full - Customized plan (calorie budget) for age, weight, height...

Thailand! So much fun, great food. If you know how to drive a motorcycle, or aren't afraid to learn how to drive a scooter, it's really relaxing to drive around in the north in the mountains.

Yeah that's true. I guess I tend to stick with Ubuntu variants since I'm used to the debian package manager, and the overall support layer ubuntu provides. If I had more time I'd try others!

I use: Runkeeper for running - I've had it for a long time, works well. I might give strava a try someday. Keep for workouts - I pin some templates for workouts / different splits, then make a new note for each workout. It's a bit cumbersome, but I found weight lifting apps to be too rigid...

yeah I guess you'd go through less charge / discharge cycles. Maybe that's why my pixel battery is so bad now :(

Has anyone noticed a performance difference with a new launcher? I've used stock for the most part (pixel 2) but my phone has been running slow, so may give Nova or something like that a try.

I've been using Ubuntu GNOME. I actually like GNOME 3 - I have an XPS 13, and find the interface works well with the touch screen. If I was installing a vanilla OS, I might just go with mainline Ubuntu as it has GNOME now.

I feel like the phone to beat right now is the Galaxy S10 - but as others have said, depends on your use case.

I've basically had Massive Attack on shuffle as I do programming side projects.

My galaxy s7 was pretty nice. Switched to a pixel 2, which is okay, but has gotten really slow and poor battery life.

My pixel battery is pretty bad - I turn on battery saver which helps a bit.

I agree, I think battery packs are the way to go. When you're using the phone you can actually hold it, and charge it when you're not using it. I wonder how many people will actually buy this / if there's some special market for it I'm not aware of.