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fsflover ◴[17 Jun 24 20:35 UTC] No.40710757[source]▶

>>40705574 (OP) #

> full hw accelerated Linux on your Android as an app

At this point, you can just run full GNU/Linux on a phone. Sent from my Librem 5.

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1. kennywinker ◴[17 Jun 24 20:54 UTC] No.40710933[source]▶

>>40710757 #

There is a unique use case for running linux as an app vs as the base OS. Seems to me it's a lot like the difference between booting linux and using WSL to run linux inside windows.

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2. fsflover ◴[18 Jun 24 15:21 UTC] No.40718838[source]▶

>>40710933 (TP) #

"Unique" as in "reuse my old Android", which may not be secure after the support has ended. I see no other use cases.

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