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Re: Anbox runs Android on Linux (via containers)

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On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:07:44 +0100, Theo  
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>> Slashdot user #1083, downwa, writes: Canonical engineer Simon Fels has  
>> publicly
>> released an Alpha version of Anbox. Similar to the method employed for  
>> Android
>> apps on ChromeOS, Anbox runs an entire Android system (7.1.1 at  
>> present) in an
>> LXC container. Developed over the last year and a half, the software  
>> promises
>> to seamlessly bring performant Android apps to the Linux desktop
>
> I successfully managed to install this (after forcibly recompiling the
> kernel modules) on Kubuntu 17.04.  It crashes a bit but it works
> surprisingly well.  Lots of common apps turn out to contain ARM code and  
> won't
> install, and some things didn't work (eg I could install apps from  
> F-droid, but
> I couldn't download them with a browser because the download folder was
> always empty).  But I managed to run Angry Birds flawlessly for instance.
>
> Definitely one worth watching.

But AB is all the apps you'll ever need!

> Theo


-- 
Bah, and indeed, Humbug

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Anbox runs Android on Linux (via containers) RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-04-22 21:08 +0000
  Re: Anbox runs Android on Linux (via containers) Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-04-25 19:07 +0100
    Re: Anbox runs Android on Linux (via containers) "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2017-05-02 07:52 +0100

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