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I wonder how hard it would be to get this working on, say, Fedora...

At the very least, one would need to replace what sounds like a surfaceflinger <-> wayland proxy.



Yeah, it would be pretty interesting to be able to use this as an Android development environment. It should be significantly faster than current approaches with emulation.


Supports AS. The thinking is this is why Google did it. You can now run GNU/Linux applications


Very easy with ChromeOS 67.

Just boot, launch a chrome window and type Ctrl alt t.

Then type vmc start dev.

Then you can use whatever distribution you want as you have full GNU/Linux.

Only works on Pixelbooks but Google will extend and will share more at Google IO.

You can even package up gnu/Linux applications. One click and they run in a container but on a second Linux kernel.

So Android shares the ChromeOS kernel where gnu/Linux will run in a container on top of a VM using the KVM.

It is interesting that Google did not feel just using containers for GNU/Linux was secure enough.


And that helps me get an Android container running on an actual desktop OS how? That was the question, after all.


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Read OP's first line again. Note how it says "on Fedora" without specifying hardware, which last I checked is mutually exclusive with "on ChromeOS and a pixelbook".


The question was how to get it working on a non-ChromeOS device and system, and you provided instructions for ChromeOS. I don't believe they'll work, but hey, I can try it.

On my self-built desktop, running Ubuntu 17.10, the following result happens:

    zsh: command not found: google-chrome-stable

    zsh: command not found: vmc
So, again, how do I get any of this running on an actual desktop OS, on a usual computer?

You just claimed I can, please provide instructions, or please stop trolling.


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Parent commenters said that they wanted to do the same thing as OP article but on Fedora instead of on Chrome OS. You responded to them with how to do it on Chrome OS which is not what they were looking for.

It’s like if you asked me “can I develop iOS apps with Chrome OS on my Chromebook?” and I told you “sure, in macOS on your MacBook just ...”.


Personal insults like this will get your account banned. Please follow the guidelines instead.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


I think you missed the "Very easy with ChromeOS 67." this doesn't work in any Chrome browser on any OS


The question was how to get it working WITHOUT ChromeOS 67, on a normal desktop OS, such as fedora or ubuntu.


Well then the answer is that you can't.

Edit: Why would you expect to be able to use a Chrome OS feature on other operating systems?


No one's expecting to be able to use it right away. But maybe a Chrome OS (which is a modified Gentoo, after all) feature can be ported to another Linux distro.


Yes requires not only chromeOS 67 but also a pixel book and more info available at Google IO this year.


> It is interesting that Google did not feel just using containers for GNU/Linux was secure enough.

Not a surprise to anyone who has followed Linux kernel security for the past years...


OK, but he was asking how to do it in Fedora, not ChromeOS.


There's Anbox http://anbox.io/




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