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NativOS-GSI

NativOS is an experimental Linux-first Android GSI combining an Ubuntu/Phosh desktop with Android apps and hardware support. Features integrated Linux startup and APT package management. Boot-tested on Moto G71 and Pixel 6a; compatibility varies by device.

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GITHUB · launched Oct 14, 2026 · 31 upvotes (top 41%)

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Could you build this?

No Building a custom Android Generic System Image (GSI) combining Linux/Phosh with Android HAL and container runtimes requires deep Android internals and kernel engineering.

What it would actually take: Building this requires constructing an Android Treble-compatible system.img that embeds a Linux userspace (Ubuntu/glibc) alongside Android's bionic runtime and HAL. Hard components include bridging Wayland/Phosh with Android SurfaceFlinger/libhybris, redirecting hardware audio/camera/radio drivers, and configuring complex init/chroot startup scripts.

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Attention rank: #17 of 35 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 327 days after the earliest competitor.

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