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What about a linux phone that has a full Android OS sleeping in parallel? Like OnePlus Watch 2 that runs 2 OSs at the same time. (discuss.tchncs.de)

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The OnePlus Watch 2 has 2 chips, and basically runs a lightweight OS while keeping the hungry one in very very low power, and only powering it up when necessary.

I was thinking that maybe such idea could be applied on a Linux phone that could run all your banking apps without Waydroid's "you-must-be-a-hacker" issues, literally by having a half-asleep Android running on another chip, which you can wake up whenever to do your "non-hacker" things, while at the same time you can run the rest of your system (calls, messaging, calculator, calendar, browser...) on your lightweight, private and personalized Linux mobile OS.

I think I would pay big bucks for something like this, and it could serve as a transition device for ditching Android in the future when Tux finally governs over the world.

What do you guys think?

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[–] kuneho 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

BlackBerry was managed to run Android next to QNX somehow (BB OS10)

[–] Peasley 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it just had an emulation layer for Android. I had a Passport when it was new, and I remember the phone was emulating a version of Android a few years old, so a few apps didn't work properly

[–] kuneho 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, it was already on old enough version when it was a thing.

But to my understanding, it wasn't emulation, rather having a compatibility layer between QNX and Android.

so AFAIK, it was rather like Proton on Linux? but maybe I'm totally wrong here, haha.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I worked at BlackBerry (many years later) and this was my understanding. They were brutally reimpmementing all the Android APIs

[–] kuneho 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I kinda liked how Android apps almost integrated to the Hub. 😄

[–] Peasley 2 points 7 months ago

I was really impressed with the hub. Such a well-implemented feature. I also miss the led that would blink a different color for different types of notifications or conversations

[–] Peasley 2 points 7 months ago

I think you have it right, I was being clumsy with my phrasing