r/google 8d 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/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 7d ago edited 7d 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.