Run Linux containers on Android, no root required

I don't understand what this would be useful for. The Linux terminal app on Android (check Developer settings if you want it) already exists and it uses hardware accelerated virtualization, while this uses QEMU with TCG. The Linux terminal app also supports running a DE (No VNC - as in no VNC, not NoVNC - required!), has full shell, full root, all the features of Podroid, and hell, you could even swap out the terminal if you wanted to. The only advantage to this seems that it supports Android 14, 15, and 16. Am I missing something, or does this have no purpose?

	▲	j45 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sometimes the capability unlocks the possibilities.

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Antitoxic6185 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

tmux with proot distros exist though

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nullbyte808 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is it possible to get the reverse of this working? (Waydroid with play services on Linux phones, such as postmarketOS)

	▲	seba_dos1 3 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I've been using Waydroid with microG on a Librem 5 with PureOS for years. Not extensively as I don't have a lot of reasons to boot Android, but when I do have one it's there. I've seen some guides for installing Play Services in Waydroid, but personally I'm not interested.
	▲	vimredo an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Why wouldn't it? All you need is a binder device for Android IPC and root access to launch Waydroid. It should work perfectly fine when installed and used with Wayland.

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figmert 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This can probably be upstreamed into podman. Podman already has supports using a VM using podman machine (uses different tech under the hood depending on the OS). This seems like it can be yet another backend for it.

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nixosbestos 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I just want a folding portable monitor now. We're getting so close...

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ilsubyeega 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

curious is this just software qemu(not sure what word exactly was) instead of virtualization acceleration, probably more overheads?

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em500 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, under How It Works:

> libqemu-system-aarch64.so (QEMU TCG, no KVM)

TCG means software emulation

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