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  • raddevusR raddevus

    Has anyone tried RemixOS the Android-based OS on a PC? It's free. Looks really interesting. Remix OS is Android PC. Re-imagining mobile. Redefining PC.[^] I found it while reading the Linux Distros entry on Wikipedia.

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    Mladen Jankovic
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    "Android-based OS on a PC" I fail to see the point. All I see is bull*hit: Re-imagining mobile, Redefining PC. And then they claim this: We've benchmarked Remix OS for PC’s performance against some of the best alternatives in the business. And quite honestly, nothing comes remotely close. This means your favorite games will not only look bigger on a PC screen, they will also perform better than ever. Yeeeah, riiight!

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      If it helps, the WookieTab is dual boot - Win10 and Android, and I don't use the Android side at all, because the screen is so big that it make you feel like you are in the Remedial Class since all apps are full screen ... it actually feels worse to use familiar apps like that than it does to use the UWP apps in Win10. And that takes some doing! So Android on a pair of 22" monitors? Not sure that's going to work.

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      Martin Plamondon
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      It must have been you I read a post from a few weeks ago about a "WookieTab". Got me so curious that I searched and found about Chuwi and the Windows 10/Android dual boot, I needed to order one and now I've got it, the 10" version with the clipon keyboard. Love it, Windows 10 runs well enough on Atom x5 with 4GB RAM, but Android flies like crazy with that much RAM. Battery life acceptable but not extraordinary. Thanks buddy, you made me spend money and well spent :-)

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      • raddevusR raddevus

        Has anyone tried RemixOS the Android-based OS on a PC? It's free. Looks really interesting. Remix OS is Android PC. Re-imagining mobile. Redefining PC.[^] I found it while reading the Linux Distros entry on Wikipedia.

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        Is it possible to boot it in a VM as opposed to a dual boot?

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          It must have been you I read a post from a few weeks ago about a "WookieTab". Got me so curious that I searched and found about Chuwi and the Windows 10/Android dual boot, I needed to order one and now I've got it, the 10" version with the clipon keyboard. Love it, Windows 10 runs well enough on Atom x5 with 4GB RAM, but Android flies like crazy with that much RAM. Battery life acceptable but not extraordinary. Thanks buddy, you made me spend money and well spent :-)

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          OriginalGriff
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          Yeah, my Hi12 is damn good as well! I just installed Corel Paintshop Pro X8 on it, and was surprised at how well it works - with VS2017 due out next week, it'll be interesting to see how well that runs on it.

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            Is it possible to boot it in a VM as opposed to a dual boot?

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            raddevus
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            Good question, but I'm not sure about that.

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            • M Mladen Jankovic

              "Android-based OS on a PC" I fail to see the point. All I see is bull*hit: Re-imagining mobile, Redefining PC. And then they claim this: We've benchmarked Remix OS for PC’s performance against some of the best alternatives in the business. And quite honestly, nothing comes remotely close. This means your favorite games will not only look bigger on a PC screen, they will also perform better than ever. Yeeeah, riiight!

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              raddevus
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              My only thought was that I have been looking for an OS that could run on my old laptop with 3 GB ram and an old celeron processor. Just looking for a small footprint which would also allow a good selection of apps. This might work.

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              • D dandy72

                If I'm not mistaken, my experience with RemixOS was limited to: - Install in Hyper-V - Reboot - No mouse, navigation by keyboard only - Google doesn't return anything relevant - Deleted and never looked back So if you get it to work, let me know how you managed that. I think I had a similar experience with the later versions of Android x86 (earlier versions worked fine, but the latest are badly broken under Hyper-V). No way I'm dedicating a physical machine for this.

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                dandy72 wrote:

                No way I'm dedicating a physical machine for this.

                I understand and that makes sense. I'm just looking for a small OS to run on an old unused laptop with 3GB ram and an old celeron processor. I believe their might be a chromeOS version I could try also. Not sure.

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  If it helps, the WookieTab is dual boot - Win10 and Android, and I don't use the Android side at all, because the screen is so big that it make you feel like you are in the Remedial Class since all apps are full screen ... it actually feels worse to use familiar apps like that than it does to use the UWP apps in Win10. And that takes some doing! So Android on a pair of 22" monitors? Not sure that's going to work.

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  sasadler
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                  Hm,if you could run the OS in VirtualBox, you could fix the 'whole' screen issue. Might be usable that way.

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    If it helps, the WookieTab is dual boot - Win10 and Android, and I don't use the Android side at all, because the screen is so big that it make you feel like you are in the Remedial Class since all apps are full screen ... it actually feels worse to use familiar apps like that than it does to use the UWP apps in Win10. And that takes some doing! So Android on a pair of 22" monitors? Not sure that's going to work.

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    KC CahabaGBA
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                    Where can you find WookieTab? I did a search and came up short.

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                    • K KC CahabaGBA

                      Where can you find WookieTab? I did a search and came up short.

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                      OriginalGriff
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                      Try a search for Chuwi Hi12 - it's a poor attempt at a Star Wars pun to call it the WookieTab. I believe you can get it through Amazon.com, as well as direct from China. They also do a 10 inch version, as well as a brand-spanking-new 13 inch 3K retina display.

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                      • M Mark_Wallace

                        It is bloody brilliant, isn't it? I'm keeping a close watch on everything Chuwi does, because I don't want to miss anything.

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                        OriginalGriff
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                        Seen the new kid on the block yet? CHUWI Hi 13 Pre-order[^] Don't ya just love it when they do that? :laugh:

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                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          Seen the new kid on the block yet? CHUWI Hi 13 Pre-order[^] Don't ya just love it when they do that? :laugh:

                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                          Mark_Wallace
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                          Bloody typical, yes! Apollo lake {*sigh*}

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                          • raddevusR raddevus

                            dandy72 wrote:

                            No way I'm dedicating a physical machine for this.

                            I understand and that makes sense. I'm just looking for a small OS to run on an old unused laptop with 3GB ram and an old celeron processor. I believe their might be a chromeOS version I could try also. Not sure.

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                            dandy72
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                            FWIW: I used Mint for a good while on a 2GB netbook from yesteryear. I thought it was a little heavy for that amount of RAM so I switched to Xubuntu (which is supposedly more lightweight). It's OK--not great, but performance is where it would be expected.

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                              FWIW: I used Mint for a good while on a 2GB netbook from yesteryear. I thought it was a little heavy for that amount of RAM so I switched to Xubuntu (which is supposedly more lightweight). It's OK--not great, but performance is where it would be expected.

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                              dandy72 wrote:

                              I used Mint

                              dandy72 wrote:

                              I switched to Xubuntu (which is supposedly more lightweight). It's OK--not great

                              :thumbsup: Thanks very much. I will take a look at those myself.

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