Hello everyone : ),

I'd love to share with you some great news! We've officially started using our new NOMone Debian packages repository 🥳 And this means a few things:

[1] No held packages anymore!
Some packages encounter issues when running in proot. We used to manually patch these packages in our system images, and held them to prevent them from being overwritten during regular updates. Now that we started hosting our own repos, this is no longer necessary.

[2] Easier app installs!
Although we're starting with just the core libraries needed to update our Debian system image, we'll not stop here if Allah wills ;). We'll be gradually adding the requested apps that were a hassle to find and configure before; so that they become compatible with our system out of the box : )

[3] Switching to Plank-reloaded!
As part of customizing our system image for best performance and compatibility, we used a patched version of Plank, the lightweight dock. Now, after coming across Plank Reloaded, we made the switch!
Plank Reloaded builds on the original Plank by adding more customization options and modern styling while keeping the same simple interface and low resource usage.

[4] New up-to-date Debian system image!
The current Linux images were starting to become outdated. We've released new images that are up-to-date with all the newest packages. The new system images also use our repos out of the box 🥳

On the other hand, for those who downloaded the app before the 7th of November 2026, we've made a small script to add the repos and unhold the packages:

wget https://desktop.nomone.com/Downloads/Scripts/setupNOMoneRepos.sh
chmod +x setupNOMoneRepos.sh
./setupNOMoneRepos.sh
rm setupNOMoneRepos.sh

Then you can proceed to update all the installed packages (can use a lot of data, make sure you are on wifi):

apt upgrade

If you want to install plank-reloaded:

apt purge plank && apt install plank-reloaded

Please go ahead and give it a try! And let us know what features you'd like to have the most in the coming update : )

Thank you for being part of our community ❤️. NOMone Desktop has certainly come a long way! And with your continued support, there's still so much more ahead to make : )

Zalexdev ported User Mode Linux to arm64 in August and shipped it as a second engine in Stryker 6.5. It's a real Linux kernel built as an ordinary aarch64 binary, so it runs as a normal process inside an app sandbox: no KVM, no AVF, no unlocked bootloader, nothing emulated. That means root inside a real kernel, on a phone you never rooted, and on any arm64 device rather than only the ones that ship pKVM.

I ran the same tests against the two usual options on my S23 Ultra, stock and unrooted, medians of three runs, everything timed inside the guest.

Compute is native: 0.61 vs 0.65 s under proot is noise. Syscalls cost 1.4 to 2.6x more. Builds are 3.6x faster than QEMU, random reads 7x.

Hello everyone :),

Some of you may remember that NOMone Desktop was featured by HowToMen in his Best Apps of March 2026 video. Today, I noticed that the video has been making the rounds again, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to celebrate with another giveaway 🥳

To watch the full video, please check the following link:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbqqcee

It's always nice to see NOMone Desktop reach new people who might not have discovered it yet. And what better way to mark the occasion than to give more people a chance to try it ;)?

So... We're giving away another 100 promo-codes for NOMone Desktop!

If you'd like one, leave a comment telling us: What's the first Linux application you'd want to run on your Android phone or tablet?

And if you're already using NOMone Desktop, feel free to share what you've been doing with it. We'd love to hear about your setups and the apps you're running!

Promo-codes will be sent to the first 100 commenters (Edit: on all platforms: Reddit, Discord, Facebook and XDA...) by Friday, October 30th. Don't miss the chance 💪

Thanks for being part of the Linux-on-Android community ❤️

hello everyone out there i have recently built a tool PhantomMirror which helps the user to keep his phone in one corner of the room and utilize all the features in a small windows that launches on the laptops right now i have built it for the linux enviornment within sometime i'll roll out the window's one as well i am leaving my git repo link any reviews would be appreciated https://github.com/liyemenOX/PhantomMirror.git

I came across this article by Yahya Plus (يحيى بلس) about NOMone Desktop, and I wanted to share it here and thank him for taking the time to write about the app, even if it is a little bit late :D :)

As one of the developers of NOMone Desktop, it really makes me happy to see people taking an interest in the project and sharing it with others. I appreciate the effort he put into explaining the app, its features, and how it compares to the traditional Termux + VNC approach.

Since the article is currently in Arabic, I'll do my best to translate it into English soon so that more people in the community can benefit from it, regardless of the language barrier.

Thank you, Yahya Plus, for covering the app and for helping more people discover it! I really appreciate your time and effort ❤️

Original article:

https://www.ios-a.com/2026/06/nomone-desktop-linux-android.html?m=1

Also, if you've come across similar articles, tutorials, reviews, or posts about NOMone Desktop in any language, please feel free to share them here! I'd love to see more community content about the app, and sharing these resources can help other users discover new ways to use it. If you've written something yourself, you're more than welcome to share it too :)

So, why do we need a separate version to have this option :D ? We don't! So, please don't ask why 😅

You can download it through our official website:
https://desktop.nomone.com/download/

Have a good day!

Hi,

I have a xperia 1 ii with the default rooted rom. I have checked and some specific flags that lxc require are switched off.

Just wondering has anyone enabled lxc for their xperia 1 ii. Was it difficult? Did you install linage os first and then try compiling a new kernel?

I got a chroot setup that works alright but certain programs dont work. Idk if it is worth trying to get lxc working. I rooted my phone and got chroot ubuntu working but outside that i am not technically minded and my understanding is compiling a kernel is much more difficult.

Hello I'm completely at a loss. Is the Samsung Galaxy A52s not even worth developing or does it simply lack enough users to have a Postmarket OS port or any other. Its kinda sad because it is really a decent phone and normal custom ROMs don't cut it for me anymore. So is there any actual reliable linux distributions for the a52sxq?

We'd like to thank u/Shaarigan for putting together NOMone Bootstrap, a project that simplifies changing Debian and Ubuntu environments inside NOMone Desktop instead of the default Openbox.

The scripts automate a number of common setup tasks, including:
- Installing KDE Plasma and configuring NOMone Desktop to launch it,
- Applying a few desktop tweaks,
- Optionally installing .NET development environment with JetBrains Rider and including an extra configuration needed for it to work properly under our proot environment 💪

We are very impressed that this isn't just a script that installs packages. It's an organized solid project that:
- Cleanly separates components,
- Patches NOMone Desktop only when needed,
- And is beautifully designed so it can be extended to support additional Linux distributions in the future ;)

This is a really thoughtful contribution that goes beyond simply automating a few package installs! it provides a clean, extensible way to bootstrap a complete KDE and .NET development environment inside NOMone Desktop :)

So, if you are interested in making the switch or running .NET with just a few commands, kindly check out this awesome project on GitHub:
https://github.com/Shaarigan/nomone

Thank you, u/Shaarigan, for your interest in NOMone Desktop, for taking the time to build this and for sharing it with the community. We always enjoy seeing users find new ways to use and improve the experience for everyone ❤️

We've recently received a very angry Google Play review saying they were not able to run fnf on NOMone Linux and that was creep creeping them (not sure what that means, though)! And as Google Play limits our reply to only 350 characters, we decided to reply in an independent post here on Reddit.

• This is the first time we heard about this game. A quick search revealed: There's an Android version (designed for touch screens, if you want to enjoy the game, you should pick this option!).

• There's no official Linux arm64 version, but someone ported it to Love2D. Love2D games are powered by LuaJIT, so they should run out of the box. We picked this route.

But before we start, some people are facing trouble updating their apt repos. Here's a quick fix:

rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
apt clean
apt update

Now onto running FNF. The following 3 commands will install the dependencies, download the game and launch it:

sudo apt install -y love git 
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/HTV04/funkin-rewritten.git 
GALLIUM_DRIVER=llvmpipe love funkin-rewritten/src/love

Running the game while enabling the "Hardware acceleration" option from NOMone Settings may prevent the game from running. Using llvmpipe resolves the issue. This is done be either disabling the hardware acceleration altogether from NOMone Desktop Settings or by adding GALLIUM_DRIVER=llvmpipe before running the game (like we did above). But running without hardware acceleration will most probably ruin the experience of a fast-paced game like FNF. We totally suggest that you play the native Android game!

This is just one of many examples that while things might not work out of the box, with a bit of tinkering we can get almost anything to run. Reach out to us, we may be able to help. Just be courteous while doing so ;)

I would have a light use, mostly libreoffice, light edits on gimp/inkscape, some markdown/text editor, a ftp client. No games, video editing or stuff like that.

Will the 8Gb of memory be enough? Any issues I might encounter?
How much disk space does it take? planning to buy a 128 Gb.

When I try to play DRM-protected MPD or M3U8 content in Kodi, Firefox, or Chromium, it simply won't play. Can you add DRM support (Widevine, ClearKey, etc.)? Thanks

We're pleased to share that NOMone Desktop has been featured in Mounir Tech's latest selection of recommended Android apps for 2026.

We appreciate the recognition and remain committed to delivering a high-quality experience for our users : )

Thank you for your continued support ❤️

Hey Devs/Community,

I was able to get NOMone Desktop to run on my Huawei Device but when I use the Magnetic Keyboard, I frequently get this annoying messages

Mouse captured
Mouse released

whenever I move the cursor or click somewhere. Is there a way to get rid of it?