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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is Anbox no longer a thing? It runs Android apps in a container.

Or is it more the issue with the apps not running "natively"?

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago

Waydroid nowadays. Works waaay better

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] grimacefry@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have tried to use Anbox, seriously painful to install and get working properly (Debian), and then equally annoying to install apps, and they're still not really first class citizens like other Linux apps. The experience should be as easy as what Wine have achieved.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is. Anbox is outdated and x11 based. Waydroid is great

[–] grimacefry@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago

Looking into Waydroid thanks 👍

[–] TarquinNimrod@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

That rings a bell.. could one use BlissOS or Android-x86 in a vm? I can't remember. It's another thing I've been meaning to look into.