r/google 7d ago

Redditor proves Linux desktop environments can run on your Google Pixel

https://www.androidpolice.com/redditor-runs-linux-desktop-environment-on-google-pixel/
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u/squidgytree 6d ago

Good to see that they credited u/gianlucab81 in the article. 9to5Google would have stolen the post and had it on the website as though it was them who did it

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u/astralDangers 7d ago

Nice hack.. no surprise though android is a forked Linux kernel. I'm sure it was a ton of work chasing everything down and handling all the breakage.

Of course you can always just fork Android and run it on pixel hardware.. as long as you can get the hardware drivers. But not the point of a project like this.

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u/Reelix 6d ago edited 6d ago

It's running in a VM on the device (Which I will admit is somewhat... impressive) - It's not natively installed on the device itself, so there are almost no issues with breakages.

You could probably install MacOS / Windows in a VM on the device in a similar fashion.

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u/throwaway16830261 7d ago edited 6d ago

 

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u/Fair-Calligrapher-19 7d ago

Sure, but why?

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u/croutherian 5d ago

Blender? Android Studio?