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The Windows Subsystem for X naming convention is so annoying. It's an Android Subsystem for Windows, but leave it to Microsoft to make sure their product name comes first.
Its supposed to be read Windows (Subsystem for Linux) And not (Windows subsystem) for Linux
You can already do this on PC using the Windows Subsystem for Android. The major issue surrounding WSA was that it was too technical to setup for most PC users so we built an app for our non-technical users to solve this. Right now, Google building a standalone app for only Android games (people use Android apps fairly on par with games on PC) and then insisting on a slow rollout will most likely make the product go…
Newbie question, but is there any straightforward way to have Google Play Services in WSA ? I understand it fulfills the "android" promise, but the majority of the ecosystem needed Play Services is the harsh reality.
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The Windows Subsystem for X naming convention is so annoying. It's an Android Subsystem for Windows, but leave it to Microsoft to make sure their product name comes first.
Do you think the Firefox plugin for 1password (random example) is a plugin that runs inside 1password and allows you to use Firefox? Does the Linux driver for ext4 allow you to use a Linux kernel from within the driver, or the other way around? WSA is a "Windows subsystem" that allows you to run Android. That's it. But leave it to HN to always have someone make the exact same comment whenever WSL or WSA is mentioned.
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The Windows Subsystem for X naming convention is so annoying. It's an Android Subsystem for Windows, but leave it to Microsoft to make sure their product name comes first.
Do you think the Firefox plugin for 1password (random example) is a plugin that runs inside 1password and allows you to use Firefox? Does the Linux driver for ext4 allow you to use a Linux kernel from within the driver, or the other way around? WSA is a "Windows subsystem" that allows you to run Android. That's it. But leave it to HN to always have someone make the exact same comment whenever WSL or WSA is mentioned.
No one calls it that. That's the point. It's the 1Password plugin for Firefox.
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It can, but it comes with the Amazon app store by default. There are projects around that integrate Play and Magisk.
It looks like they work by patching the WSA installer to get root ? There's a leap of trust needed, as we'd be putting our google credentials into it, but I guess that's par for the course for what is kind of a jailbreak. Looking at this as an example: https://github.com/WSA-Community/WSAGAScript
Oh boy, millions of ad-ridden, pay-to-win, copy-pasted virtual casinos, right from the convenience of my PC. Gotta get me one of those beta invites!
Who knows, maybe we could compile android to web assembly and have android applets on webpages!
Now that is one ODD of a system requirement.
Quite off topic, but some PC games are now on Android. See for example Space Cadet: https://github.com/fexed/Pinball-on-Android/releases Once you get to enjoy a proper straightforward PC game on your phone, most every other ad-filled Android game feels insulting.