waydroid VS Jumpdrive

Android on the desktop works very well on Wayland with Waydroid and it even supports Google Play store. https://waydro.id/

Great running apps not available on Linux with a touchscreen PC. It only seems to run Android apps compiled for x86, but it is very fast.

There are practical use cases, and it is very usable. I haven’t tried it on WSL2, but it seems like a practical approach without reliance on Microsoft.

> What's the best alternative?

Waydroid runs Android apps on Linux and some people claim have gotten it to work on WSL.

- Waydroid: https://waydro.id

Reddit threads:

- https://www.reddit.com/r/bashonubuntuonwindows/comments/eofn...

- https://www.reddit.com/r/waydroid/comments/10y813d/is_it_pos...

- https://www.reddit.com/r/waydroid/comments/14e6t3g/does_maki...

There's a piece of software called Waydroid[1] that allows you to run Android applications on GNU/Linux platforms - including the PinePhone. Sxmo, despite its name, can run Wayland instead of X and therefore supports Waydroid.

Personally, I haven't managed to get Waydroid to work, a task hindered due to some massive initial downloads which are required to set it up. However, I haven't tried particular hard, and there are videos online by those more successful than me[2].

[1]: https://waydro.id/

[2]: https://tilvids.com/w/2b2f3a24-ae23-458e-a0fd-2f24a185a11b

Check out the Waydroid application.

> I run Fedora Linux after removing ChromeOS

Same here. Sometimes, it crashes on a measly 4 GB of RAM.

> (the only thing I'm missing is running Android apps)

I would recommend using Waydroid[1]. It runs fairly well in my use case, and runs LineageOS on top of it with the full LineageOS GUI.

[1]: https://waydro.id/

i am using KDE Neon (user edition) on two machines (thinkpad laptops with intel). On mentioned machines i would like to try and use waydroid: https://waydro.id/ Waydroid required wayland as display server (it will probably not work on x11).

Check (Waydroid)[https://waydro.id/]

Waydroid is rebuilding the original idea behind Anbox with explicit focus on modern Wayland powered desktop environments.

Hi OP, could this be what you're describing?

You should open an issue on GitHub then.

Download: https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases/download/0.8/pine64-pinephone.img.xz

In either case (corrupted installation, drained battery) you should be able to boot Jumpdrive. Please get a microSD card and a card reader, download https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases/download/0.8/pine64-pinephone.img.xz and flash it to a microSD card, for example using Balena Etcher. Jumpdrive boots with a drained battery and a corrupted installation just fine.

I would suggest that you download https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases/download/0.8/pine64-pinephone.img.xz. Then write it to a microSD card using "Balena Etcher" and then insert the microSD card in the top slot and let us know if there is a question or if it changed anything.

https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases/tag/0.8 I had a similar situation. After getting a pinephone pro my pinephone OG set idle for several months. I couldn't boot to the eMMc or the sd. I still had jumpdrive on an sd so i tried booting from it. It fixed everything although I don't know how. Now it boots from eMMc or sd just fine. I didn't even plug it into a laptop. After the jumpdrive screen booted I powered it down and removed the jumpdrive for pinephone sd. I fired up the pinephone OG to fix the modem firmware. Flashing the modem went well and the pinephone is ready for use should I need it.

Switching the OS is extremely easy. All it takes is putting in a microSD card imaged with the new system (or to flash the eMMC with a tool like Jumpdrive, once it gains the support for the Pro).

You'll need to use Jumpdrive, it's a small image that you flash on a SD card. When the PineTab boots it, you'll be able to connect the tablet to a computer using the micro USB and the internal storage will show up like a USB key.

I never tried it the way you say. But I found jumpdrive (https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive) mounts the partitions just fine.

Make sure to flash the OS you choose on the eMMC to get better IO performances (the OS will feel more responsive). You can flash Jumpdrive on a SD card and plug the tablet to a computer using a USB cable to have direct access to the eMMC.