meekah ,
@meekah@lemmy.world avatar

My friend asked me to use xbox live chat so I'm probably going to try using waydroid for that

mub ,

Does it still run Roblox? Since it stopped working under wine (again) I read it was the only way to get Roblox on Linux.

JoeKrogan ,
@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

Ive thought about using it for bank apps so I dont have hassle if I lose the phone or it gets robbed. Has anyone tried this ?

bitwolf ,

I imagine it would fail CTS and SafetyNet.
Kind of curious if shizuku works on it

warmaster ,

The only way I can know the monthly rent amount, is through an Android app.

Quackdoc ,
@Quackdoc@lemmy.world avatar

That's actually horrid. My router is android only and I thought that was bad.

bitwolf ,

That should be an ADA violation

warmaster ,

If I was in the US.

bloodfart ,

Lotta people in here saying what they use it for, but the only ppl I know irl running waydroid are playing softcore gatcha games on it.

caseyweederman ,

I miss Dragalia Lost
I should see what the community servers are up to

ani ,

I have to use Android apps because GNOME apps are a pile of hot garbage everything about GNOME is so trashy ffs GNOME shall be stomped blitzed from this universe

mlg ,
@mlg@lemmy.world avatar

Careful you'll anger the mob here that forgot what intuitive design is

Cupcake1972 ,

then don't use gnome apps?

ani ,

I'm forced to use GNOME at work. I hate it so much with a passion. GNOME is the worst thing ever created! It's an abomination of all software, there's literally nothing nothing as garbage as GNOME. I'll seek GNOME developers and explode their computers so they cannot continue adding more trash to this world. I'll hack all GNOME repos and delete GNOME from existence. Even GNOME feet is a joke. Use chad gymrat xfce instead.

olafurp ,

Jokes on you, gnome got the sweet sweet EU opensource funding

Cupcake1972 ,

yes, delete competition, that sounds sane... How is your work even forcing you to use GNOME?

ani ,

I asked if I could use Arch with Chad KDE but they denied. Then I asked for at Windows but also denied. I'm forced to used Ubuntu LTS with GNOME.

TeryVeneno ,

So you’re forced to use Ubuntu, not GNOME? Why don’t you just install KDE then? I understand them wanting to keep distros the same between people if anything but DE shouldn’t matter.

bitwolf ,

Damn where do you work, I'd gladly fill that seat. I'd take Ubuntu over Windows any day.

I actually like Gnome but I'm so tired of Microsoft shops.

Limeade3425 ,

I haven't gotten to it, but I'd like to try and set it up as an android TV replacement. Just have distro of choice load on boot with Bluetooth remote/controller for input

Adonnen ,

I'd imagine the drm would ruin that plan. No HD streaming.

Quackdoc ,
@Quackdoc@lemmy.world avatar

I did have some scripts to do this more properly but the shift to A11 broke a lot of stuff, I plan on revisting it when the A13 (or was it A12) work is done and released as stable.

onlinepersona ,

People with linux phones use it to run android apps: Signal because using electron is worse than waydroid for battery life, banking apps, bullshit government apps without web versions, etc. It's terrible for battery life, but it works.

Anti Commercial-AI license

oldfart ,

Also, thr emulated Android web browser runs much smoother than any native one

metaphortune ,

Honestly: I cannot have the Instagram app on my phone (both for privacy and for addiction) - I have it installed on Waydroid and the fact that it works like 50% of the way keeps me from using it more than a couple times a week.

oo1 ,

if you want netflix witjh DRM stuff like offline downloads waydroid can do it I think via the android app..
You need to use a waydroid-utils script to install "widevine" for drm.
This is a solution i've tested for someone else not me;
I think it works, but it's not been rigorouly road tested.

Posssibly other DRM services will work if you can tolerate that type of thing.

My guess is that the main use for it is android app development and testing.

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

you might want to look into stremio or the servarr suite if youre having to jump through these hoops anyway

oo1 ,

waydroid is pretty easy to get working - and I think will be usable by the actual end user once set up.

I did look at stremio but I couldn't see a way to do the offline downloads thing on netflix.
That is a desirable feature for the person who travels a lot and they just want to have some videos for when they're off-line or on limited bandwidth like on the train or bus.

This servarr thing looks way more complex - though I admit I might be a bit too dim for it as I couldn't figure out what it actually does.
Thanks for the suggestions though - waydroid looks easiest to meet all the needs. I'm sure someone smarter than me will have fun with that weird servarr suggetion - it does seem to have a whole lot of features.

tux7350 ,

Servarr is a stack of applications that sets up a media suite. Radarr and Sonarr handle the managing of movies and TV shows, respectively. Prowlarr searches for the media through either Torrenting or Usenet. Then you'd need a downloader like SABnzbd or Deluge. Ombi is another application to handle requests and finally you'd need a streaming app like Plex, Emby or Jellyfin.

Think of it like a marionette; you're making a bunch of services work together for one goal. Most people use docker and create a docker compose file to manage all the services. Typically the flow goes like this, a person makes a request to Ombi for something to watch. That request goes to Radarr or Sonarr, which creates a folder and populates the Metadata from IMDB. Then a request is sent to Prowlarr to find the media. Once found its sent to the downloader, like Deluge, to actually grab the media. After it's done, Radarr / Sonarr will import the media into the correct folder. Now you've got a perfect collection for Plex / Emby / Jellyfish to start streaming your media. Really awesome suite once you get it up and running.

nossaquesapao ,

I use it for some banking apps and online shops that require the android app for using coupons.

tomalley8342 ,

Definitely not to have android apps on a Linux tablet, because in-waydroid rotation doesn't work, and rotating the tablet itself breaks the windowing system until you reboot the container. Issue first reported in 2021.

kevincox ,
@kevincox@lemmy.ml avatar

Playing Slay the Spire.

It does have a native Linux version but it doesn't sync cross-platform. So since I like playing on the go it is nice to also be able to play at home on a bigger screen.

GlenTheFrog ,
@GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml avatar

If it's the Steam version, why not play through proton?

1111 ,

Did it work out of the box for you? Doesn't load for me on either of my machines that have waydroid

kevincox ,
@kevincox@lemmy.ml avatar

Do you have an ARM emulator installed? I don't think the game ships an x86 build. Other than that it just worked.

1111 ,

Is that what libhoudini is? I heard of it, but don't recall if I installed it

kevincox ,
@kevincox@lemmy.ml avatar

I think so. IIRC there are a few different implementations. But if you configure any of them Android will automatically use it to run non-native apps.

cammelspit ,

F1tv, Amazon music and that's about it more or less. I'll occasionally use it on my steam deck for some android games but I don't play more than maybe 3 or 4 android games total and that's rare.

CaptDust ,

Can you explain the benefit of using F1TV app this way, instead of the browser? I'm genuinely curious if this gives a better experience in some way

darganon ,

I use Multiviewer, having track maps and timing is sick

cammelspit ,

Yeah, Multiviewer is a huge PITA to use on steam deck since it gets wiped on updates, Brave, my browser of choice is explicitly blocked from the web version and I'm used to the android interface so it seemed right on my main PC since I already needed to do it this way on my deck.

WadamT ,
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I use it to play visual novel type android games.

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