AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMicrosoft Ending Support For Windows Subsystem For Androidwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down14file-text
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Microsoft ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) WSA designed to run Android apps from Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 Support for WSA will end on March 5, 2025; no impact on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
minus-squareQuexotic@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoLol. Yeah, they’ve got quite the wall around their garden. It’s hell getting the play store running on their hardware.
minus-squareCerothen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoHave you ever tried using aurora instead of the play store for devices that don’t natively have it? https://auroraoss.com/
minus-squareQuexotic@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNope. Never had enough trust. I’d sooner use a website and use virustotal to scan. At least you know what you are getting that way. I may experiment with it on an expendable device, so thank you all the same.
minus-squareQuexotic@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI’ve since tried it on a Bliss FOSS image. Still not able to get apps working.
minus-squareDehydrated@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoIt works very well, I use it all the time on GrapheneOS
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoI recently discovered Aurora, which allowed me to easily install Firefox on my Fire HD. Lots of other stuff too (better launcher, for instance) but I found it because the web just sucks without Ublock
Lol. Yeah, they’ve got quite the wall around their garden. It’s hell getting the play store running on their hardware.
Have you ever tried using aurora instead of the play store for devices that don’t natively have it?
https://auroraoss.com/
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Nope. Never had enough trust. I’d sooner use a website and use virustotal to scan. At least you know what you are getting that way.
I may experiment with it on an expendable device, so thank you all the same.
I’ve since tried it on a Bliss FOSS image. Still not able to get apps working.
It works very well, I use it all the time on GrapheneOS
I recently discovered Aurora, which allowed me to easily install Firefox on my Fire HD. Lots of other stuff too (better launcher, for instance) but I found it because the web just sucks without Ublock