do deck use as linux pc, can i install linux apps on it like linux pc?

or even andriod apps, since android also come from linux…

  • unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    You absolutely can install Linux apps. If you boot into the desktop mode there’s even an app store, but you can install stuff you download from the Internet or with a package manager.

    Android apps are not gonna work. While the lowest level of Android is in fact Linux there’s a lot more running on top and android apps are built to run at that higher level.

    You could probably emulate android, but I personally wouldn’t.

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    1 year ago

    You can install Flatpak apps from the Discover store easily in Desktop Mode.

    If you want to install system utilities you can disable read-only mode and use pacman (and paru, yay, etc. for the AUR) like normal Arch Linux.

    Android apps are their own problem - in theory you can do it with Waydroid though.

  • kestononlineB
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    1 year ago

    It runs linux under the hood yes, KDE Plasma I think. You can install native linux apps etc yes. Just boot to the desktop. There is the discover app store which has a bunch of native apps listed in there.

    For android, you may need some sort of wrapper or program to make that happen idk.