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Google-enabled Android is also fully supported. People without smart phones will be disadvantaged slightly, yes.

• fsflover 5y ago
  People not supporting the duopoly will be disadvantaged, those who use GNU/Linux smartphones (Librem 5 and Pinephone).
  • mdp2021 5y ago
    I just minutes ago read after your very generous notification earlier: Librem5 runs (can run) Anbox, to explicitly support Android software applications.
    • fsflover 5y ago
      Unfortunately not all Android apps can be supported due to GoogleApps dependencies and due to verification of "no root" by some apps. Also, virtualization is slow.
      • mdp2021 5y ago
        Yes, I forgot that Anbox is fully rooted, that means weakened sandboxing, that means only some very trusted or not sensible applications should be there. Also, Anbox is not perfect - even some basic UI elements are broken (in the version I use for development). But it is good to have it. Also, with 3GB of RAM we are not very far from a point of struggle with the resources. Virtualization: I would like to see some benchmark results of the "NXP i.MX 8M" to roughly compare to the x86 Anbox experience, but I am not finding much data.
        • fsflover 5y ago
          Benchmarks that I could find: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Benchmarks https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Benchm.... See also: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...