Lindroid is an Android app that lets you run Linux in a container, with support for hardware-acceleration - Liliputing

https://liliputing.com/lindroid-is-an-android-app-that-lets-you-run-linux-in-a-container-with-support-for-hardware-acceleration/

Very interesting news. I haven't tried it out personally; But if it works, I imagine that'd be huge.

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RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 2y (10 replies)

Interesting, I think I’ll try it in waydroid

helenslunch@feddit.nl · 33 pts · 2y (9 replies)
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RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 45 pts · 2y (8 replies)

No, I’m using waydroid in wsl

somethingsomethingidk@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y (3 replies)

So it's windows emulating linux emulating android emulating linux?

I'm interested to hear how that works out for you

RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y (2 replies)

The WSL part was just a joke, but I do sometimes test apps on waydroid as I am using an IPhone currently and I want to switch, so for that I try apps on waydroid so I can easily replace IOS exclusive apps when I make the switch.

wise@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y

I’m looking to do the exact same thing and been collecting FOSS apps as I go, but I’ve never heard of waydroid before Thank you!

Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

You should go another level deeper, VirtualBox > Windows > WSL > Waydroid > Lindroid

hypertown@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

In VM on FreeBSD ofc, right?

BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y

Using proton to play cyberpunk 2077

RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

No no, it’s Linux on Android on Linux via waydroid in WSL in the Mac version of virtual box running via darling running on FreeBSD via LinuxJails

Smc87@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y

Lmfao

fubarx@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 2y

redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 2y (2 replies)

You can already do that with termux-proot and termux-x11

Spider89@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

HW Accel?

redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y

Yes, you can make it work on snapdragon devices (dont know about Exeynos or other)

https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/s/Gc9k1G7LhE

Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y (7 replies)

This interests me greatly. I would like to try this on a device, but I don't have an extra I can spare to do so.

Baahb@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Put it on your phone. It runs inside a container, so on top of stock android. All your normal phone stuff is still there and running. Worth noting android has good support for mouse and keyboard.

Edit: user below pointed out that this does not appear to be an app, which kinda makes it a weird choice? Seems like there are still better solutions like Userland, Andronix, and LinuxDeploy

Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 2y (4 replies)

https://github.com/Linux-on-droid/lindroid-rootfs

In this specific github entry it mentions flashing, and with my setup, I would prefer not to flash something onto my phone without some sort of backup.

Unless there is a userland app I can install that I seem to be missing.

Baahb@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yeah, I seem to have believed the title of the article before reading the article for some reason. My bad.

Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

All good!

Hule@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Funny you should mention UserLAnd

Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

I have seen the likes of similar, like Andronix but I typically don't want to buy into proprietary software where possible. Thank you for sharing!

gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org · 1 pts · 2y

I bought a OnePlus 6 rn, apparently one of the devices where you can put Debian on it.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (11 replies)

This pretty much opens the door for Proton on mobile I guess?

Baahb@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y (9 replies)

No, sadly, unless you have an amd64 phone, which would honestly be weird at this point.

-guy who spent to long trying to get Linux Dwarf Fortress running on an ARM tablet not a month ago.

gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That's why I prefer to distribute programs as .wasm files. Efficiently run code on any hardware.

bruhduh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It would be great if publishers started doing this, however, this way you cannot sell Skyrim or/and gta5 *th time in a row

gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org · 2 pts · 2y

you could start with FOSS software.

bitfucker@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Emulation time it is!

Baahb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Box64 might be worth checking out. I didn't get much out of it but your mileage may vary.

Nutteman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

It's likely you could use winlator to play the windows version of the game (I know, not quite the same, although it does run wine via a linux container lmao)

Baahb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

You can, it's crashy.

Nutteman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Winlator is kind of a bitch to configure to get things running smoothly. I spent wayyyyyyy too much time trying to get new vegas to run at 60fps on my fold 4 just because I wanted to see if I could. I got close but now it crashes every minute or so. Moved my save over to my pc lmao. If you'd like, you can dm me and I can try to help you out with getting it to run. I ended up joining several discord servers to try to learn what the options do. It sucked but I think i have a somewhat basic understanding of how things function now.

Baahb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Appreciate the offer. I managed to get it running full screen on a sever I can vnc into, just like steam link except not slow.

Note: SL may not be slow, but the server it's on aty place is a potato. Doing DF and steam (goddamnit I'd love to kill steam webhelper) and steam link will make you crazy.

noodles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Proton on mobiles already exists Check out Box64Droid

Toes@ani.social · 2 pts · 2y

Oh thats cool. Theres a similar one that lets you run dos.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y

hey i heard you like linux so here's linux running inside of linux