Based on our record, Anbox should be more popular than FydeOS. It has been mentiond 64 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
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. Source: about 2 years ago
This isn't really a distro, but you could try Anbox, which wouldn't have the performance overhead of a virtual machine. Source: over 2 years ago
If school apps have an android alternative anbox may allow you to use it on your linux desktop... Just a thought! Source: over 2 years ago
I have used Anbox when I needed to run an Android App on Linux. Source: over 2 years ago
Does anyone know a way to play Minecraft bedrock on Linux(specifically fedora). I used to use this launcher: mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io, But it has been discontinued and no longer works with the latest version, which I need to be able to play on a friend's real. I've tried using anbox, but it never loaded, and I tried using waydroid, but the internet wasn't working. Don't tell me to just use java, I already do,... Source: over 2 years ago
Is there an adjacent OS to ChromeOS Flex (not other Linux distros) that is independent of Google, like there are custom ROMs against Android? I came across FydeOS (https://fydeos.io/) but it doesn't look like a community effort, rather a commercial product based out of Beijing. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
What about a lighter OS? I put FydeOS on my low powered systems. It's ChromeOS with Android and Linux. It's perfect for a media consumption PC. https://fydeos.io/. Source: about 2 years ago
I was looking for something like Chrome OS and finally installed fydeOS. Now I can run android apps without android_x86 and feel the super theme given from google. This works great and better performance compared to the brunch framework. Now I can run both Linux and Chrome OS on a single device. I can also use parental controls for my younger sister. Though this has some lack of features but this is really... Source: about 2 years ago
Https://fydeos.io Think of it as an alternative to ChromeOS, so no not Google at all. Source: about 2 years ago
Depending on your hardware there is FydeOS that could also be an option. But keep in mind this isn't as degoogled as other options :). Source: about 2 years ago
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NoxPlayer - Nox App Player is a free Android emulator dedicated to bring the best experience for users to play Android games and apps on PC and Mac.
PrimeOS - Android For Laptop/PCs based on the Android-x86 project.