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Comment by haunter | original | LineageOS 24.0
[−]haunter · 2026-10-11 Sun 09:33 UTC · link
>Recently, Contributor 0xCAFEBABE introduced a very different kind of generic target that can be run on various types of bare-metal hardware devices.

>While it’s still in experimental state, it has successfully booted on:

>Common x86_64 PCs

>Apple Silicon Macs

>NVIDIA DGX Spark

>Qualcomm Snapdragon X Series Laptops

That actually sounds awesome! Refurbishing old laptops with Android would be a nice choice alongside with Desktop Linux.

[−]silisili · 2026-10-11 Sun 09:45 UTC · link
That sounds suspiciously like jart...
[−]phh · 2026-10-11 Sun 10:18 UTC · link
I'd say quite the opposite. jart has been very focused on specific things. While the contribution mentioned looks more butterflying amongst target.

(@0xcafebabe: ADHD high-five, I've got almost the same target list, except I'm playing with their NPUs)

[−]chronogram · 2026-10-11 Sun 09:58 UTC · link
Looks really promising. Once hardware codecs and camera support arrives it might be useful for old laptops. https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_mainline_generic...
[−]zx8080 · 2026-10-11 Sun 10:18 UTC · link
Why would someone want android with crappy apps comparing to linux on the old laptop?
[−]ggm · 2026-10-11 Sun 10:24 UTC · link
Familiarity

App consistency

Upstream app availability and release cycle

Security.

[−]ale42 · 2026-10-11 Sun 10:29 UTC · link
Running apps that require a phone and are not available for Linux, without putting them on your actual smartphone (if any)
[−]satvikpendem · 2026-10-11 Sun 10:45 UTC · link
There are ways to run Android on Linux much more easily than running Linux on Android.
[−]fph · 2026-10-11 Sun 11:57 UTC · link
Much better security. Sandboxing and app isolation actually works on Android.