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MicroxWin Creates Linux Distribution That Runs Debian/Ubuntu & Android Apps

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-in-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes VolksPC who developed MicroXwin as a lightweight X Window Server has come up with their own Linux distribution. Setting apart VolksPC's distribution from others is that it's based on both Debian and Android and has the capability to run Debian/Ubuntu/Android apps together in a native ARM experience. The implementation doesn't depend on VNC or other similar solutions of the past that have tried to join desktop apps with mobile Android apps. This distribution is also reportedly compatible with all Android applications. The distribution is expected to begin shipping on an ARM mini-PC stick.

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  1. Android on my pi? by johnsie · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Apparently there are no stable releases of Android for the Raspberry PI. I would prefer to have the whole Android distro on my phone, but I guess this is the nexr best thing. Looking forward to testinging it.

    1. Re:Android on my pi? by Narishma · · Score: 3, Interesting

      They haven't opensource it. What they did is release documentation for it, and the RPi foundation has hired someone to work on an open source driver.

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  2. Sailfish could do this as well by CRCulver · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Nokia N900 owners can tell you of installing EasyDebian on their phones to run e.g. desktop Firefox and LibreOffice. As Sailfish inherits much of the same functionality, and it can run Android apps, I imagine that we might see EasyDebian on Jolla phones eventually. Apparently the only obstacle is that EasyDebian requires X11, but Sailfish doesn't have it, but this may be resolved with increasing uptake of Wayland within the Debian project.