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NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

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Re: NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

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Post by gbraad »

varbhat wrote: post #8

https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_transla... https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_transla... I wonder how well this approach works over anbox/waydroid's approach.

Waydroid needs to run a full OS; this is just a single application; the first approach allows you to integrate well with other apps you might use. Though for ATL, when you open in a browser, it will open your actual desktop browse. Downloading will happen to your chosen folder on the desktop. It feels more like APKs for a desktop; like Google's "ARC Welder" without using the browser as the runtime.

Re: NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

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Post by antics9 »

3np wrote: post #27
antics9 wrote: post #5

Why would one want NewPipe on desktop when there's https://freetubeapp.io/

You know you could drop a recommendation without being so damn submissive of OP. Let a thousand alternative clients bloom.

It was an actual question for the community as these kind of questions usually generate perspectives and alternatives. There’s no need to read anything else into it.

Re: NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

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Post by jansommer »

Great news! I'm fiddling way too much with a Surface Go 2, and a translation layer for Android is perfect when all you have is a touchscreen, very little ram, an incredibly slow eMMC, and a battery that'll last 8 hours if you're lucky.

Especially because there aren't many Linux apps that are touch friendly. Everything kirigami/touch friendly apps in KDE is very much work in progress and are barely good enough for daily usage. Electron apps are no-go because they don't work with a virtual keyboard. Flutter apps are useless because they don't support high dpi on Linux. Gnome has bad support for fractional scaling, issues in some menus for touchscreens, and the space for fonts in the launcher doesn't scale making them display as "Firef..." on a high dpi. I am running Debian Bookworm by the way.

So I wasn't happy to see that android_translation_layer uses Gtk, but I think scaling is improved in Gtk4. Looking forward to try it out either way.

Re: NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

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Post by lxgr »

quotemstr wrote: post #44
lights0123 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging/commit/595f2f98... A new strategy is used that is much faster: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Syscall-User-Dispatch-Queued

> Games avoiding the Windows API and performing system calls directly is an increasingly common occurrence by modern Windows games, seemingly in the name of Digital Rights Management schemes and similar protected modes. Yuck. Windows system call numbers are not contractual. At all. Microsoft should try harder to kill any code outside ntdll.dll that makes a system call. It's obnoxious for a developer to deliberately u…

> demand indefinite compatibility.

Not infinite – long enough for the game to bring in most revenue is enough.

Who cares that it stops running one or two Windows updates later for totally avoidable reasons? Definitely not the publisher. (In fact, isn't it about time for an HD remaster again?)

Re: NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

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Post by janice1999 »

Thorrez wrote: post #77
ninalanyon wrote: post #74

3.6 GB installed! This is why I dislike Flatpak.

The page says "Installed Size ~60.95 MiB". Is that inaccurate?

That figure does not include the dependencies like org.freedesktop.Platform and org.gnome.Platform which can add up to GBs.

Re: NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

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Post by mbeex »

Mmmh, I'm using it on Android for some time now, installed as F-Droid app. Problem is, there is some friction regarding Countermeasures of YT and a new version adjusting to them. Often, I'm unable to use the alternative Client on Android for months until this is fixed. Will this be a problem on Linux too?

Re: NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

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Post by pixelN »

mbeex wrote: post #79

Mmmh, I'm using it on Android for some time now, installed as F-Droid app. Problem is, there is some friction regarding Countermeasures of YT and a new version adjusting to them. Often, I'm unable to use the alternative Client on Android for months until this is fixed. Will this be a problem on Linux too?

have a look at NewPipe's own fdroid repo: https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/
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