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inari ( inari@piefed.zip )  to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 days ago

Lepton from Valve to run Android games on Linux is now open source

www.gamingonlinux.com

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Lepton from Valve to run Android games on Linux is now open source

www.gamingonlinux.com

inari ( inari@piefed.zip )  to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 days ago
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Valve have officially opened up the source code for Lepton, their compatibility layer to run Android games on Linux for the Steam Frame.
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    What are the chances this can be used to run android apps on Linux phones?

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      You already have Waydroid - but this strips out a lot of stuff you might need, so Waydroid is probably the way to go anyway

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        What if I’m trying to run foss apks in an isolated environment? Like a Lemmy client?

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          Linux usually ships all components thats needed to run Android apps

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