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e.foundation /e/Anbox is recommended for Linux users who want to seamlessly run Android applications without the need to dual-boot another operating system or use heavy virtual machines. It's particularly useful for developers testing Android apps in different environments, or users who rely on specific mobile applications for their work or personal tasks.
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It's definitely possible, you have android virtualization options for linux like QEMU, VirtualBox, Anbox, WayDroid, but most of these are either not great or a bit too advanced for this. Easiest / best bet off the top of my head is dual booting Windows and using BlueStacks. Source: over 3 years ago
This isn't really a distro, but you could try Anbox, which wouldn't have the performance overhead of a virtual machine. Source: over 3 years ago
If school apps have an android alternative anbox may allow you to use it on your linux desktop... Just a thought! Source: over 3 years ago
I have used Anbox when I needed to run an Android App on Linux. Source: almost 4 years ago
Does anyone know a way to play Minecraft bedrock on Linux(specifically fedora). I used to use this launcher: mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io, But it has been discontinued and no longer works with the latest version, which I need to be able to play on a friend's real. I've tried using anbox, but it never loaded, and I tried using waydroid, but the internet wasn't working. Don't tell me to just use java, I already do,... Source: almost 4 years ago
Yes and it has already been done: https://e.foundation/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago
You might also check out /e/OS - https://e.foundation/ It's less hardened than Graphene, but more user-friendly (IMHO) and similarly avoids Google spyware. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
> ...like LineageOS. But installing it is so difficult that only 1% of people have the technical know how to even attempt it... Aside: there is also /e/OS (or MurenaOS - their naming is inconsistent). It is basically LineageOS that someone else installs for you so you get everything in a package [0]. They sell many phones, but it also runs nicely on Fairphones if you want a phone that you can repair (there is of... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Easy solution --- don't use Android. I haven't in years. I use e/OS instead. https://e.foundation/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
There is /e/ OS - https://e.foundation - which also offers their second version of the Murena phone that comes pre-installed with the OS - https://murena.com They also sell other phones pre-installed or you can install it yourself. Disclaimer: I haven't used it yet but trying to find some time to install it on my Pixel 4a. Otherwise Fairphone is fairly open. You won't find anything that's usable and is fully open,... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago
BlueStacks - BlueStacks is a website designed to format mobile apps to be compatible to desktop computers, opening up mobile gaming to laptops and other computers. Read more about BlueStacks.
Android - Android is an open source mobile operating system initially released by Google in 2008 and has since become of the most widely used operating systems on any platform.
Android-x86 - Run Android on your PC.
LineageOS - Operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android
Waydroid - A container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.
CalyxOS - Privacy-focused operating system for smartphones based on Android and microG