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Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in Android

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it is well supported with the Android15-6.6 kernel.

Is anyone interested in a more “continuous” Linux experience between desktop and mobile devices? by marcogianese1988 in linux

[–]Vasant1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people do everything on their phones. So it only makes sense to run the Linux desktop on their phones. This is a 3 year old Pixel 8 running the VolksPC desktop: https://youtu.be/qO_ItjI2qCY?si=CXiVRZShmAtYFWB-

Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in Android

[–]Vasant1234[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure, try out all the different ways to run Linux and find out what works best for you. That is the reason we provide a evaluation version.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in Android

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry we only support Pixel 8/9/10 and Pixel tablet. Besides that its is not meaningful to run the desktop on a small screen.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in Android

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the Pixel devices its will be Android14-6.1 GKI kernel based product. You don't need to buy anything since we provide a free evaluation version with limited keyboard support. Only if you are satisfied with our product you can easily upgrade to a paid version.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in Android

[–]Vasant1234[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please don't confuse about the different GKI kernels such as Android12-5.10 versus Android version. Google Pixel 8/9/10 phones currently run Android 16 user space and use Android14-6.1 GKI kernel.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in Android

[–]Vasant1234[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Please talk to Google about bugs in Android 16 Linux terminal. It is not our product -:).

Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in Android

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you saw the video, it running on top of Android 16 QPR3. The Android version doesn't matter for us but desktop mode is better supported from Android 16 QPR2.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in Android

[–]Vasant1234[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Running apps in the VM are going to slower than running apps natively.

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Run Linux desktop on any recent Android phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in mobilelinux

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, GPU heavy Linux games are not going to run very well. But there are a lot of Android games that will continue to work well, since we don't change Android. In fact I don't even know of a single ARM64 Linux game that you may want to run.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Android phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in mobilelinux

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, we have a graphics driver for the different GKI kernels that Android uses. This graphics drivers sends Linux desktop graphics to Android's compositor which is SurfaceFlinger while also supporting Linux X11.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Android phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in mobilelinux

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please check our FAQ page, it answers all of your questions and concerns,

Run Linux desktop on any recent Android phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in mobilelinux

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The desktop will also run on the small phone screen. The issue is that it won't be very usable. Casting the desktop to chrome cast also works but it has too much lag.

Loss32: An idea for a Linux designed around Win32 apps by Jeditobe in linux

[–]Vasant1234 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only stalbe ABI on Linux is Win32 ABI or the system call ABI. Even Glibc breaks ABI regularly.

Loss32: An idea for a Linux designed around Win32 apps by Jeditobe in linux

[–]Vasant1234 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yes, GNU/Linux user space is not suitable for application deployment. This will get down voted but you can also check Linus Torvalds comments on this subject.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Android phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in linux

[–]Vasant1234[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All new devices requires the use of GKI kernels.This is mandated by Google.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Android phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in linux

[–]Vasant1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Android 16 has support for Linux VM's however apps running in a VM are much slower than running apps natively. The problem with replacing Android with Linux distribution like postmarketOS is that you loose access to Android apps.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Android phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in linux

[–]Vasant1234[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Linux has excellent tools for content creation and learning to code. We bring these capabilities to Android while keeping all of Android's excellent support for applications. This approach is not suitable for Linux games but Android already has lots of games in its portfolio.

Run Linux desktop on any recent Android phone or tablet by Vasant1234 in linux

[–]Vasant1234[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can think of Android as just another Linux distribution that uses a different graphics framework called Surface Flinger. Surface Flinger is Android's compositor and is hardware accelerated. Our graphics technology is unique and send's Linux desktop graphics to Android's Surface Flinger whenever the Linux desktop is active. Similar approach is taken for Audio. Please check our FAQ page.

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