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# Anbox # Anbox
Anbox is container based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU Linux system like Ubuntu. Anbox is a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a
In newbie terms: Anbox will let you run Android on your Linux without the slowness of virtualization. regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu. In other words: Anbox will let
you run Android on your Linux system without the slowness of
virtualization.
## Overview ## Overview
Anbox uses Linux namespaces (user, pid, uts, net, mount, ipc) to run a Anbox uses Linux namespaces (user, pid, uts, net, mount, ipc) to run a
full Android system in a container and provide Android applications on full Android system in a container and provide Android applications on
any GNU Linux based platform. any GNU/Linux-based platform.
The Android inside the container has no direct access to any hardware. The Android inside the container has no direct access to any hardware.
All hardware access is going through the anbox daemon on the host. We're All hardware access is going through the anbox daemon on the host. We're
reusing what Android implemented within the QEMU based emulator for Open reusing what Android implemented within the QEMU-based emulator for OpenGL
GL ES accelerated rendering. The Android system inside the container uses ES accelerated rendering. The Android system inside the container uses
different pipes to communicate with the host system and sends all hardware different pipes to communicate with the host system and sends all hardware
access commands through these. access commands through these.
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about. Please have a look at the ["Runtime Setup"](docs/runtime-setup.md) about. Please have a look at the ["Runtime Setup"](docs/runtime-setup.md)
documentation. documentation.
## documentation ## Documentation
You will find additional documentation for Anbox in the *docs* subdirectory You will find additional documentation for Anbox in the *docs* subdirectory
of the project source. of the project source.
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## Get in Touch ## Get in Touch
If you want to get in contact with the developers please feel free to join the If you want to get in contact with the developers please feel free to join the
*#anbox* IRC channel on [FreeNode](https://freenode.net/). *#anbox* IRC channel on [Freenode](https://freenode.net/).
## Copyright and Licensing ## Copyright and Licensing
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projects are available in the external/ subdirectory with the licensing terms projects are available in the external/ subdirectory with the licensing terms
included. included.
The anbox source itself, if not stated differently in the relevant source files, The Anbox source itself, if not stated differently in the relevant source files,
is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3 license. is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3 license.