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How does WSA compare to Anbox or Waydroid? Apart from running on Windows, I mean more performance wise and ability to run different apps.

by ajot 4y ago

Sakos 4y ago
I think the benefit of WSA is that Microsoft is significantly more trustworthy (shoot me, fml) than whoever is making the popular Android emulator of the day. edit: Just noticed Anbox and Waydroid are open source projects for Linux. Can't say much about them. I was thinking in terms of other Android emulators on Windows like BlueStacks.
- cleanchit 4y ago
  Lol wine is way better and reliable than wsl.
- vlovich123 4y ago
  Wouldn’t this be a patch of WSA from whoever is making this? This isn’t a Microsoft project…
  - Sakos 4y ago
    I was just answering the question in general, not in regards to the above patch. The patch would need to be evaluated to see how it works and whether it's safe.
jeroenhd 4y ago
My experience with Anbox and Waydroid on recent Linux kernels wasn't great. The kernel modules required were a major problem that made my laptop unbootable several times and just didn't want to load on my desktop.
loxias 4y ago
I tried to use Anbox a few times over the last 4 years, it doesn't work. I'm sure I could get it to work on a dedicated system, where I matched whatever point release of the kernel and userspace it was designed to run with, but on a normal debian (I think it was buster) install it "shat the bed" so to speak and didn't even offer the reward of actually running the apps I wanted to.
aruggirello 4y ago
Anbox is old stuff. Waydroid is improving with each release (which happened several times in the last few months), and it's great overall, but tricky to set up properly: kernel modules, mutter (if your desktop is under X), and the Google activation step for your new device; then houdini and possibly other stuff (eg. to fake wifi if using ethernet, Magisk...). Once you do that, it's almost as native and it usually supports your GPU.
- pietervdvn 4y ago
  With the latest Ubuntu release, it just works with `apt install waydroid`. Got it up and running in literally 3 minutes and with a few mindless clicks.
  - aruggirello 4y ago
    Doh. What an improvement... I was literally afraid of reinstalling it. Great!
Kukumber 4y ago
WSA is a VM Anbox/Waydroid are containers, they are native

How does WSA compare to Anbox or Waydroid? Apart from running on Windows, I mean more performance wise and ability to run different apps.

by ajot 4y ago

How does WSA compare to Anbox or Waydroid? Apart from running on Windows, I mean more performance wise and ability to run different apps.

Sakos 4y ago

I think the benefit of WSA is that Microsoft is significantly more trustworthy (shoot me, fml) than whoever is making the popular Android emulator of the day. edit: Just noticed Anbox and Waydroid are open source projects for Linux. Can't say much about them. I was thinking in terms of other Android emulators on Windows like BlueStacks.

cleanchit 4y ago
Lol wine is way better and reliable than wsl.
vlovich123 4y ago
Wouldn’t this be a patch of WSA from whoever is making this? This isn’t a Microsoft project…
- Sakos 4y ago
  I was just answering the question in general, not in regards to the above patch. The patch would need to be evaluated to see how it works and whether it's safe.

jeroenhd 4y ago

My experience with Anbox and Waydroid on recent Linux kernels wasn't great. The kernel modules required were a major problem that made my laptop unbootable several times and just didn't want to load on my desktop.

loxias 4y ago

I tried to use Anbox a few times over the last 4 years, it doesn't work. I'm sure I could get it to work on a dedicated system, where I matched whatever point release of the kernel and userspace it was designed to run with, but on a normal debian (I think it was buster) install it "shat the bed" so to speak and didn't even offer the reward of actually running the apps I wanted to.

aruggirello 4y ago

Anbox is old stuff. Waydroid is improving with each release (which happened several times in the last few months), and it's great overall, but tricky to set up properly: kernel modules, mutter (if your desktop is under X), and the Google activation step for your new device; then houdini and possibly other stuff (eg. to fake wifi if using ethernet, Magisk...). Once you do that, it's almost as native and it usually supports your GPU.

pietervdvn 4y ago
With the latest Ubuntu release, it just works with `apt install waydroid`. Got it up and running in literally 3 minutes and with a few mindless clicks.
- aruggirello 4y ago
  Doh. What an improvement... I was literally afraid of reinstalling it. Great!

Kukumber 4y ago

WSA is a VM Anbox/Waydroid are containers, they are native