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pantalaimon on Oct 28, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

What’s wrong with binder?

The problem with Waydroid is that you need to boot up a whole Android system, which is not great for app startup time.

xelamonster on Oct 28, 2024 [–]

I keep my Waydroid session running in the background, managed by a systemd user-level service. Works great, and if it increases resource usage I don't notice--this is on a converted Chromebook so pretty low specs.

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