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Re:Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for... by commoner on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @01:14PM (#39607167)
> What's the best alternative?

Waydroid runs Android apps on Linux and some people claim to have gotten it to work on WSL.

- Waydroid: https://waydro.id

Reddit threads:

- https://www.reddit.com/r/bashonubuntuonwindows/comments/eofn...

- https://www.reddit.com/r/waydroid/comments/10y813d/is_it_pos...

- https://www.reddit.com/r/waydroid/comments/14e6t3g/does_maki...

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Re:Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for... by olabyne on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @02:46PM (#39608333)
Waydroid was a bliss to install on fedora. It does run very well now, a big improvement from the first releases
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Re:Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for... by brennoflavio on Saturday March 09, 2024 @11:53AM (#39652921)
Does Waydroid have problem running arm apks on x86 architecture?
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Re:Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for... by commoner on Saturday March 09, 2024 @01:59PM (#39653913)
libhoudini and libndk are libraries that translate ARM instructions to x86. There's an installation script for Waydroid:

https://github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script

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