That’s because Anbox is designed to run on GNU/Linux distributions such as Ubuntu or Fedora, using the same Linux kernel for both the host operating system and for Android.

That’s because Anbox is designed to run on GNU/Linux distributions such as Ubuntu or Fedora, using the same Linux kernel for both the host operating system and for Android.

A Canonical engineer's new open-source project, Anbox, lets you run Android apps natively on Ubuntu and other Linux-powered desktops. It differs from several existing projects that allow Android apps ...

Anbox, in contrast, reuses as much as the Linux operating system's facilities as possible. That includes the Linux kernel, namespaces, and even OpenGL (though "bridged" rather than direct).

Users familiar with Linux could think of it as an Android-targeting version of Wine. Anbox comes with a few basic apps to start with, including the Play Store.

The free and open source ' Anbox ' is an Android emulator that uses a container format that shares the kernel part with the host OS Linux, aiming for light operation.

The ability to run Android apps natively in a Linux desktop environment is a step closer to realization, thanks to Anbox, a new open source project. Simon Fels, who is the lead software engineer at ...

While Anbox makes it possible to run Android apps on a Linux phone, there are some limitations: Anbox is based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat, so it may not support some apps that require more recent ...

Unlike an emulator that runs the entire Android OS in a window, Anbox utilizes Linux containers to make apps feel like they were native Linux apps.

Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, today announced the launch of Anbox Cloud, a new platform that allows enterprises to run Android in the cloud. On Anbox Cloud ...

Anbox is a new project, currently in the Alpha stage, which aims to run apps alongside your normal desktop applications - as long as you use Linux.