by user_7832 on 10/10/25, 2:27 PM
I saw someone else mention this, it would be ironic if it were easier to run software of your choice via a VM on Android than simply install an apk. Nonetheless, I would love to see gpu acceleration being well supported. It's already insane how many old games can be emulated, and being able to run even just desktop versions of apps is excellent.
by kotaKat on 10/10/25, 2:54 PM
All of this is just adding the capabilities needed to lock down the future Android-powered “Chromebooks” and just give you a walled Linux shell garden and say it’s “just as good” as running the real thing on the metal itself.
by tiku on 10/10/25, 3:17 PM
Is there someone who knows if there is a good solution to running new android virtual? I want to be able to use my smartphone as a dumb terminal to log into the real phone at home. Here in the Netherlands internet is so fast that is must be doable. Haven't found a good emulator yet.
by gdulli on 10/10/25, 4:58 PM
The worst thing we could do is start to rely on Android/iOS for desktop work. As soon as it starts to become normalized that your desktop environment can forbid you from running code that isn't blessed by their app store, it's over.
by M95D on 10/10/25, 3:08 PM
Very good, but I was hoping for the reverse: Android GUI on Linux.
by sipofwater on 10/10/25, 11:12 AM
"Motorola moto g play 2024 Smartphone, Android 14 Operating System, Termux, And cryptsetup: Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) Encryption/Decryption And The ext4 Filesystem Without Using root Access, Without Using proot-distro, And Without Using QEMU":
https://old.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/1jkl0f8/motorola_mot... (old.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/1jkl0f8/motorola_moto_g_play_2024_smartphone_android_14/)
by claudiojulio on 10/10/25, 3:47 PM
Android is over. Linux on mobile is the future.
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on 10/10/25, 3:26 PM
Heck it's hard enough bringing desktop Linux guis to desktop Linux
by zb3 on 10/10/25, 9:40 PM
Note that Google doesn't allow you to install your distro of choice there - it's only the debian OS prepared by them.. maybe today you'll have root access inside that VM, but tomorrow you might not..
And of course to run a VM (if you wanted to make a competing app for example) you need a special system permission which you can't get without your device losing "integrity" status.
by sipofwater on 10/10/25, 11:14 AM
"Motorola moto g play 2024 smartphone, Termux application, and QEMU running under Termux: Booting "Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" with debian-12-nocloud-amd64.qcow2":
https://old.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/1mkyers/motorola_mot... (old.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/1mkyers/motorola_moto_g_play_2024_smartphone_termux/)
by andsoitis on 10/10/25, 12:31 PM
Desktop interaction paradigms (mouse/keyboard) and UI layouts do not make sense on a mobile phone.
by kirito1337 on 10/10/25, 11:12 AM
Unfortunately, the Linux app devs for Android 16 have locked out the GPU support.
by throawayonthe on 10/10/25, 3:02 PM
can't wait to be able to use GrapheneOS for my desktop tasks :D
by superkuh on 10/10/25, 2:19 PM
Since when does a UI need GPU acceleration to be smooth? It certainly doesn't on the linux desktop. Many smartphones are powerful (non-general purpose) computers these days; is it just energy/battery restrictions preventing them from being useful computers?
But also: why does this matter? Android is a dead ecosystem. Smart phones are a dead ecosystem. Google literally just announced that no one is allowed to develop for it and actually have random people run their applications without paying a protection fee and doxing yourself for future leaks and/or government crackdowns. Just like Apple. On your "own" smartphones you won't even be allowed to run your own software.
The only reason anyone would ever keep developing software for such platforms is if someone is paying them. And that leads to crappy software. The smartphone platforms will be entirely commercial and lose all the "scratch my own itch" software. Becoming merely a fancy bank/video/navigation/shopping terminal you have no control over.