Yeah, hard pass. Don’t let an OS which has a walled-garden by default for apps get a toe in the door. Android is based in Linux, use that instead.
Who wants Android on a PC? If anything, let’s get some better options for Linux on phones, tablets, and TVs.
Right now Android is a significantly better experience on touch screens like phones and tablets. And that would still hold for 2-in-1 laptops. Same for TVs and home consoles, better designed for remote/gamepad control.
Support is developing though and as we get more touch friendly and gamepad friendly linux, we get more PC friendly android, including non wall-gardened forks.
It unfortunately is. I’m currently using Linux on a mini PC with Pegasus Frontend and a remote to launch Jellyfin, VacuumTube, and games as a HTPC. It’s necessary to exit each app differently to get back to the launcher, and then if anything gets hung up, I have to connect a keyboard and mouse. Really looking forward to Plasma Bigscreen to deliver a UX more like Android TV.
Yeah I can’t wait for it.
In the mean time, you could try Veshell which I think has potential as well
Thanks, will check it out!
Because it will give Google full control over your device and it’s software. Same reason they try to close the app landscape on Android.
So just a closed Linux? Not any different than windows when it’s run by a massive corpo.
Here’s hoping GrapheneOS decides to support it! 🤞
x86 Android is new?
No but they are trying to merge ChromeOS with Android. Specifically running any linux app natively on Android
“Much like Android XR, Google says its new Aluminium OS is ‘built with artificial intelligence (AI) at the core.’ This implies deep integration with Gemini”
.Nah fuck off somewhere else please would ya
kindly fuck off from my computer
Honestly, anything is better than windows. Even if it is horrible, its still some competition to microsoft.
Linux has existed for 31 years.
And it hasnt been a competitor for 31 years. I am not saying its bad, I will be switching to linux, but for most it isnt viable.
For most it absolutely is viable.
Linux is great for the average person, great for experts.
It’s the “pro-sumer” people that struggle most often. They’re the ones who know windows pretty well, know what apps they want to install, and have became used to the quirks of windows. They struggle to adapt.
Most people use their laptops for web browsing, YouTube, Spotify, and basic document editing. They’d be fine with Linux. They just don’t use it because laptops are sold with Windows.
