I was thinking that maybe such idea could be applied on a Linux phone that could run all your banking apps without Waydroid’s “you-must-be-a-hacker” issues, literally by having a half-asleep Android running on another chip, which you can wake up whenever to do your “non-hacker” things, while at the same time you can run the rest of your system (calls, messaging, calculator, calendar, browser…) on your lightweight, private and personalized Linux mobile OS.
I think I would pay big bucks for something like this, and it could serve as a transition device for ditching Android in the future when Tux finally governs over the world.
What do you guys think?
I don’t see the benefit. Now you’re dealing with two power management chips and all of their supporting hardware, as well as the additional complexity that synchronising the two implies.
Android 14 devices should support virtualisation, and with the right kernel code, can run Linux just like any laptop or desktop. Inversely, you can run Android in a VM on a capable Linux install though there’s no way that’ll ever pass Google’s integrity checks necessary for some banking apps.
What’s lacking isn’t some kind of Frankenstein Librephone that runs two stacks of unfinished drivers, what’s lacking is a good Linux distro that can run on modern phones, and a stable Waydroid experience.
I tried Ubuntu Touch for about a week or two (absolutely broken on the OnePlus 5 btw.) I kind of had a VM of Android on it. I used Waydroid for apps I need, like E-Banking. Waydroid was an absolute mess, it constantly crashed and often played Music via Speaker instead of Bluetooth.
Edit: I really liked the way, how to interact with the whole os. The habit to switch apps and show the sidebar stuck with me for at least a month after my little experience.