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ok how do I run a linux VM on my phone? It's not as simple as a command or click as it is on chromeOS is now. All of the concepts as you've described will take

ok how do I run a linux VM on my phone? It's not as simple as a command or click as it is on chromeOS is now. All of the concepts as you've described will take some dev time to actually turn into a product. It took Google years to make Linux VMs part of the ChromeOS product and that was with a working hack solution already available for them. My point is that your theory will not be shippable on day one.

yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
It appears that you and I are having different conversations. I said that 1. it is currently possible to run a terminal on Android, which lets you run commands as an unprivileged user on the Android system, and 2. both Android "typical" Linux are perfectly capable of booting into a graphical environment, though non-Android Linuxes frequently allow you to boot to a virtual terminal as well preferentially. Having gone through the whole thread, I guess by "is there an android terminal?" you actually meant to ask "is there an android terminal that gives you a shell inside a transparent VM like ChromeOS does with Crostini?" If that's what you mean, then it's true that that's less developed (though it does exist - https://www.esper.io/blog/android-dessert-bites-13-virtualization-on-pixel-6-379185 https://www.esper.io/blog/android-dessert-bites-13-virtualiz... is one of the better practical guides I've seen for "how do I run a linux VM on my phone?"). Although if that's the main thing you're asking about, I don't understand why we're talking about boot processes at all; VMs in both Android and ChromeOS (and server and desktop Linux, while we're mentioning) are more or less just fancy user applications, they don't affect the boot process.
- tonymet 2y ago
  What are you looking for ? Thumbs up on your hackernews design doc?
  - yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
    You asked questions, I tried to answer. If you don't like answers, I suggest that you not ask questions.

yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago

It appears that you and I are having different conversations. I said that 1. it is currently possible to run a terminal on Android, which lets you run commands as an unprivileged user on the Android system, and 2. both Android "typical" Linux are perfectly capable of booting into a graphical environment, though non-Android Linuxes frequently allow you to boot to a virtual terminal as well preferentially. Having gone through the whole thread, I guess by "is there an android terminal?" you actually meant to ask "is there an android terminal that gives you a shell inside a transparent VM like ChromeOS does with Crostini?" If that's what you mean, then it's true that that's less developed (though it does exist - https://www.esper.io/blog/android-dessert-bites-13-virtualization-on-pixel-6-379185 https://www.esper.io/blog/android-dessert-bites-13-virtualiz... is one of the better practical guides I've seen for "how do I run a linux VM on my phone?"). Although if that's the main thing you're asking about, I don't understand why we're talking about boot processes at all; VMs in both Android and ChromeOS (and server and desktop Linux, while we're mentioning) are more or less just fancy user applications, they don't affect the boot process.

tonymet 2y ago
What are you looking for ? Thumbs up on your hackernews design doc?
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
  You asked questions, I tried to answer. If you don't like answers, I suggest that you not ask questions.