Run Linux containers on Android, no root required

ilsubyeega

curious is this just software qemu(not sure what word exactly was) instead of virtualization acceleration, probably more overheads?

TheRoque

With this I could in theory do all my work from my Android phone.

figmert

This can probably be upstreamed into podman. Podman already has supports using a VM using podman machine (uses different tech under the hood depending on the OS). This seems like it can be yet another backend for it.

ggm

And local FS access is mediated how?

nullbyte808

Is it possible to get the reverse of this working? (Waydroid with play services on Linux phones, such as postmarketOS)

nixosbestos

I just want a folding portable monitor now. We're getting so close...

Antitoxic6185

tmux with proot distros exist though

vimredo

I don't understand what this would be useful for. The Linux terminal app on Android (check Developer settings if you want it) already exists and it uses hardware accelerated virtualization, while this uses QEMU with TCG. The Linux terminal app also supports running a DE (No VNC - as in no VNC, not NoVNC - required!), has full shell, full root, all the features of Podroid, and hell, you could even swap out the terminal if you wanted to. The only advantage to this seems that it supports Android 14, 15, and 16. Am I missing something, or does this have no purpose?

tuananh

what about the other way around? i'm aware about waydroid but it has too many problems with nvidia. also require wayland.

VonGuard

Podman.....