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by lillecarl 1630 days ago
Anbox doesn't use QEMU. It uses the same underlying kernel tech as Docker, LXC and other isolation tech. This is why you need the ashmem and "binder"(?) kernel modules to run Anbox.

I'm currently "trying" to get Anbox working on NixOS (It's currently broken on 5.x kernels but should be fixed by https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/102341) so that's why I know that Anbox is the "same" as this.
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PascalW 1630 days ago
Interesting. I've never been able to make Anbox run in a cloud environment though, don't recall the exact details. But indeed I guess it should be able to work as there's also a commercial offering targeted specifically at cloud setups. https://anbox-cloud.io/
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rjzzleep 1630 days ago
I personally haven't managed to get anbox to run at either acceptable performance or any kind of level I would consider stable. Someone posted waydroid as an alternative here a few months ago, but I haven't tried it yet.
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MayeulC 1630 days ago
Waydroid seems performant enough to me. SuperTuxKart is very playable (though I didn't try much as on-screen controls are hard to handle with a mouse). Microsoft excel also works.

A lot of android apps only come with arm library, and need an extra emulation layer on x86, I haven't tried that.

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NoahKAndrews 1630 days ago
Waydroid is a more performant successor to anbox.
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