anbox
Anbox is a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system (by anbox)
winapps
Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. (by Fmstrat)
| anbox | winapps | |
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| 97 | 292 | |
| 8,770 | 7,933 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 2.7 | |
| 3 months ago | 13 days ago | |
| C++ | Shell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
anbox
Posts with mentions or reviews of anbox.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-14.
- Session manager Anbox
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Call of duty mobile
It's definitely possible, you have android virtualization options for linux like QEMU, VirtualBox, Anbox, WayDroid, but most of these are either not great or a bit too advanced for this. Easiest / best bet off the top of my head is dual booting Windows and using BlueStacks
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I'm looking for a lightweight distro that runs android apps
This isn't really a distro, but you could try Anbox, which wouldn't have the performance overhead of a virtual machine.
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Is there a way to get the netflix tv app on desktop?
Maybe with Anbox
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I just want to use Linux :(
If school apps have an android alternative anbox may allow you to use it on your linux desktop... Just a thought!
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Android tablets and Chromebooks are on another crash course – will it be different this time?
last commit was in september, seems like development has stalled. Let's pretend I said waydroid then.
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Would you use/try snaps if it has open source backend?
Anbox - Android emulation (although AFAIU they're mostly a dead project now in favor of Waydroid... Although IIRC, Anbox does not require Wayland)
- Anbox not working on Ubuntu 22.10
- Patching x86 Android apps to run on x86 Linux?
- is there a emulator to be able to play old android games on my samsung 20?
winapps
Posts with mentions or reviews of winapps.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-09.
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What are some of your favorite Linux apps that you use
This one might be controversial, but Winapps for Linux, app that lets run apps from within a Windows KVM as if it were native on your Linux system (https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps)
- Idk what to do 😭
- How viable is it to use a Windows Virtual Machine in Linux?
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Does Visual Studio 2022 exist on Arch Linux?
Yes but you have to run visual studios in a windows virtual machine qemu/kvm/virtmanager Then pass virtual studio window to your desktop so it runs like it is native https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps optional Then use winapps to make a desktop and application launcher menu entry/icon
- STOP USING WINE. DARE
- Should I switch to Linux as a guitarist?
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Working/Switching seamlessly between Linux and Windows - Ideas?
There's something called winapps which works over RDP, but you better have good specs so you get good performance. I recommend using parsec with a VM if you can passthrough a seperate GPU otherwise. https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
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Running Windows VM in virtualized OpenSUSE = black screen
The aim of this exercise was to test run WinApps (https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps).
- Want to use Linux, but forced to use Office 365. Any workarounds?
- Any news from the past 6 months?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing anbox and winapps you can also consider the following projects:
waydroid - Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.
wine
redroid-doc - redroid (Remote-Android) is a multi-arch, GPU enabled, Android in Cloud solution. Track issues / docs here
cassowary - Run Windows Applications on Linux as if they are native, Use linux applications to launch files files located in windows vm without needing to install applications on vm. With easy to use configuration GUI
scrcpy - Display and control your Android device
ArchWSL - ArchLinux based WSL Distribution. Supports multiple install.
Waydroid_Setup_Guide
Awesome-Linux-Software - 🐧 A list of awesome Linux softwares
qemu-android-x86-runner - Quick Start on How to Run Android x86 in QEMU
lutris - Lutris desktop client
piper - GTK application to configure gaming devices