Waydroid – Android in a Linux container

Re:Waydroid – Android in a Linux container by GranPC on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:39AM (#42917216)

I'd say it just boils down to... we're not great at marketing. We're working on it but it's hard to get the word out, especially since many people are dismissive of Linux phones after having had previous experiences with incomplete devices.

Halium/libhybris are basically layers that allow us to use Android hardware drivers with a GNU/Linux userspace. Some Android bits run inside a container to provide support for peripherals. This is kinda a stop gap solution since we're working on native implementations and replacements for much of this stuff.

Some people dislike it because it's not a "pure Linux phone". But the alternative would be to ship a device that can't even place calls or take pictures, so... I think it's a good middle ground that allows us to ship something useful today.

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Re:Waydroid – Android in a Linux container by chainingsolid on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:43PM (#42925023)

I kinda feel bad for you guys when I first saw your site and compared it's polished look vs Pine64's here's the board schematics & community distros I thought I was looking at a scam. Your HN presence and second look at your site, blog and realising you had a Github definatly help your case! Any plans on selling repair parts or publishing pcb diagrams? Also I didn't see this on the site, whats the features on the usbc port? Learning of the Pinephone's display out was the transition from 'this maybe a way to dump Andriod/IOs' to 'pocket laptop must have now' for me.

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