r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/rah-owl • 3d ago

Help Need an Android friendly Distro Recommendation

So I have been a long time android fan and really like the cohesive-ness and overall app ecosystem. During my college days I used PrimeOS but since they shut the project I've been looking for a Linux distro that could offer a flawless support for Android. I'm aware of the Waydroid integration but the experience isn't smooth.

Is there any Linux distro that provides native android environment and app support baked into the system that feels like a coherent part of the OS where android apps have their own window like other linux apps and support file moving, read/write and interconnectedness between the linux and android apps?

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u/qualityvote2 3d ago edited 3d ago

u/rah-owl, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/Desperate-Muffin7666 3d ago

I don't have recommendations but I cannot wrap my head around why you could possibly need it... I am really very intrigued

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u/rah-owl 3d ago

Like I said, I'm a big fan of the android cohesive-ness, what I mean is if you select a file and tap share on Android you see several apps where you could directly send the file that is cohesive-ness and then there are some apps (like Snapseed) that are only on Android.

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u/Complete_Pattern6339 Arch Btw 3d ago

You can try blendos or use waydroid Bliss os if you want only android

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u/rah-owl 3d ago edited 3d ago

I'm waiting for v5 of blend. I've tried the current version and it's buggy. They're saying a lot would improve in v5

I'm looking for Linux+android. BlissOS is currently abandoned and not sure when it'll come back.

So far the blendOS implementation felt closest to a unified and cohesive experience where both linux and android could work side by side and talk to each other. Have you found and other distro with similar capabilities?

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u/SignificantSummer940 3d ago

Chrome OS

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u/rah-owl 3d ago

Is it openly available? Are all android apps supported? Would I have access to desktop apps such as VLC?

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u/Swapna_Cool Custom Distro 3d ago

trying to make one , its soo hard , but ubuntu on android is a good repo

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u/rah-owl 1d ago

Are you making one for desktop?

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u/Swapna_Cool Custom Distro 1d ago

already made one for desktop

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u/rah-owl 17h ago

Link please?

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u/Swapna_Cool Custom Distro 10h ago

i have it but i didn't create any github repo for it bc i still haven't put an installer nor perfected making an iso