? BEST ANDROID OS / AMD 3350U LAPTOP OR MINI PC

[johnny45]

im looking the best android os to load on a AMD 3350U laptop or mini pc vi a usb drive

 

iv tried android x86 , pure os an bliss on my acer aspire 3350u to no success either the gear wasn't compatible or the versions of the os's weren't the right ones.

 

the reason i need to make this work is ever since i moved to pop os linux ther a host of apps that i was using on windows some utility's an editing app that aren't available on linux 

 

but are on android but a tablet doesn't have the horse-power i need but a good budget laptop or mini pc would iv tried my acer 3350u laptop but none worked right , ie between being glitchy an not completing the install an or the

 

WiFi an Ethernet not working or even being sensed.

 

all the os's i listed i tried the latest versions so maybe its my current hardware so besides my laptop are

 

ther any AMD mini pc's under 400$ or 500$ via amazons fixed 5 monthly payment option

 

that anyone knows or can confirm that do work with any Android os (preferable pure os) i dont mind it built - in WiFi dosnt or wont work as long as the Ethernet will work as i only use Ethernet for

 

all my current gear ( 2 desktop pc's , 2  laptops , nas , an NVIDIA Shield ) WiFi is for my phones an tablets.

 

these are some of my current picks let me know if any of these will do or suggest others

 

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[Zando_]

From my understanding, Android Desktop is a crapshoot. You mention the utilities you need run on windows though (at least if I'm reading this correctly " host of apps that i was using on windows")... why not just run windows on that laptop to run the programs you need?

[Ralphred]

Have you tried the more traditional "emulation layer" android environments, or you think the overhead will make the apps unusable?

[johnny45]

1 hour ago, Ralphred said:

Have you tried the more traditional "emulation layer" android environments, or you think the overhead will make the apps unusable?

emulation layer ! you just blow past my understanding as i have know idea what that is in the android os world im very noob

[johnny45]

1 hour ago, Zando_ said:

From my understanding, Android Desktop is a crapshoot. You mention the utilities you need run on windows though (at least if I'm reading this correctly " host of apps that i was using on windows")... why not just run windows on that laptop to run the programs you need?

window is to buggy for me an i ditched it an its been about 3 years now on linux an short of the things i mentioned all is well an the utilities were to control some of my home network an router gear an some paid-for file conversion app that i have for both win an android an couldn't make work on linux an the alts dont do what i need an i dont like

 

so getting an decent android mini desktop pc to run a android os to run right is a must.

[Ralphred]

4 hours ago, johnny45 said:

emulation layer ! you just blow past my understanding as i have know idea what that is in the android os world im very noob

So, the OS's you listed are full OS's, you need to reboot and boot from that OS to make them work. There are the more "traditional" emulators that essentially run android in a window, and because they use you existing OS's drivers etc, more likely to work.

There are quite a few search results about people running Android X86 in VirtualBox. VirtualBox is pretty ubiquitous, I'd expect there to be a Pop! package for it. If not you could try qemu and "virtual machine manager" and see if it'll load.

 

Actually, I was just messing with my TempleOS install in qemu, I'll grab a Android x86 ISO and see if it works for you, gimme 20 mins...

[Ralphred]

8 minutes ago, Ralphred said:

gimme 20 mins...

OMG that's so simple, I now have a working "android tablet" on my desktop, less than 8 minutes.

Just for reference in case you hit a wall:

virt-manager (virtual machine manager from Redhat) version 4.0.0

libvirt (again from Redhat) version 8.2.0

Android x86 iso version 9.0-r2