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TK420@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ad_on_is@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  if there was something that could run android apps virtualized, I’d switch in a heartbeat

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Waydroid?

    To be clear, I haven’t used it at all and have no idea how well it works.

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    • scribbler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I gave it a run on Ubuntu touch with a fair phone like 8 months ago… It was still pretty rough then.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I remember reading recently that it’s gotten better (haven’t tried myself so don’t hold me to it). I can say that Wayland in general has come a long way since I switched to Linux ~2 years ago

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    • PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tried it on my laptop. Doesn’t work at all

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Bummer

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  • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are two solutions for that. One is Waydroid, which is basically what you’re describing. Another is android_translation_layer, which is closer to WINE in that it translates API calls to more native Linux ones, although that project is still in the alpha stages.

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    • ad_on_is@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know about WayDroid, but never heard of ATL.

      So yeah, while we have the fundamentals, we still don’t have an OS that’s stable enough as a daily driver on phones.

      And this isn’t a Linux issue. It’s mostly because of proprietary drivers. GrapheneOS already has the issue that it only works on Pixel phones.

      I can imagine, bringing a Linux only mobile OS to life is even harder. I wish android phones were designed in a way, that there is a driver layer and an OS layer, with standerdized APIs to simply swap the OS layer for any unix-like system.

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  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Every one of them can, AFAIK. I have a second cheap used phone I picked up to play with Ubuntu Touch and it has a system called Waydroid for this. Not quite seamless and you’ll want to use native when possible but it does work.

    SailfishOS, PostmarketOS, Mobian, etc all also can use Waydroid or a similar thing

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  • deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have used Waydroid, mainly with FOSS apps, and although it has some rough edges, it does often work for just having one or two Android apps functionality.

    Linux on mobile as a whole isn’t daily driver ready yet in my opinion. I’ve only tried pmOS on a OP6, but that seems to be a leading project on a well-supported phone (compared to the rest).

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  • StefanT@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you mean sandboxed?

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    • ad_on_is@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      not necessarily… I mean If they run under the same VM, I’d be fine with that as well…but having a sandboxed wrapper would for sure be nice.

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• ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Firefox Phone should’ve been a real contender. I just want a phone that takes good pictures and plays podcasts.

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  • StefanT@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unfortunately Mozilla is going the enshittification route more and more. Or good in this case that the Firefox Phone did not take of.

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    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is there some good Chromium browser with hardware video decoder support and a working adblocker, that is not Brave? Or which Firefox fork is recommended?

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      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m sticking with Gecko for sure. Trying out Waterfox over the weekend on desktop, and Fennec F-Droid on my phone.

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      • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        cromite for chrome, and ironfox?

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• DegenerateSupreme@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I just gave up and pre-ordered the Light Phone 3. Anytime I truly need a mobile app, I can just use an old iPhone and a WiFi connection.

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