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Or use everything via the web browser; but yes, I think apps are the main reason we can't just have a generic Linux phone OS on an open hardware platform
by zdc1 10mo ago
Or use everything via the web browser; but yes, I think apps are the main reason we can't just have a generic Linux phone OS on an open hardware platform
- bossyTeacher 10mo agoApps make or break operating systems and app stores. Just ask Microsoft (Windows Phone) or Huawei (HarmonyOs). IIRC amazon was paying devs to publish to their app store or something like that. Thankfully, some apps have both web and native mobile versions but for a modern digital life, the critical apps are sadly not on both versions.
- immibis 10mo agoWe can have it. It won't become as popular, but we can have it.
- fsflover 10mo agoWe have generic Linux phone OSes: Mobian, PureOS, postmarketOS and more. They can even work as daily drivers on some phones.
- amelius 10mo agoIsn't there an emulator that can run Android apps inside any Linux distro?
- immibis 10mo agoNo. There are a few that claim to, but none of them are actually any good. Waydroid, for instance, requires that your kernel is compiled in basically "Android mode" (e.g. binder enabled).
- amelius 10mo agoHow do the Android developer tools run Android apps on Linux then?
- immibis 10mo agoInside a virtual machine which is easy to detect.
- yjftsjthsd-h 10mo ago> Waydroid, for instance, requires that your kernel is compiled in basically "Android mode" (e.g. binder enabled). Waydroid needs you to have a single kernel module, which is in mainline Linux and just happens to be disabled in many desktop builds. That hardly makes it an "Android mode" kernel, and I certainly see no reason why it should make the system no good.