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by izacus 2209 days ago
> With WSL2 being a full(-ish) VM, running Android on a Linux base might be interesting (especially when using a Linux host, see the other anbox comment). Not sure how to deal with macOS though.

But this is pretty much what Android Emulator is - a fullish VM on a Linux base.
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2ion 2209 days ago
Yes, but that's different in that it's x86 on x86 so you can use hardware paravirtualization features for maximum performance (through HyperV). ARM on x86 can't use hardware virtualization features, you have to run it all in software, which is why it's slow. Big value in getting rid of the architecture mismatch.
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izacus 2209 days ago
Android Emulator has been (by default) x86 for years now and it's using both hardware paravirtualization and even OpenGL passthrough.
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