Lepton is the name of the compatibility layer for running Android on Linux. Its development looks to be linked to the upcoming Steam Frame.

Valve has been a big proponent of Linux gaming, and now the company is investing in Android support on Linux. It’s already possible to run Android in a Linux container through Waydroid, but Valve has developed a new fork – and it has officially named it Lepton.

Last month, news broke that Valve would soon support Android games on Steam. This was thanks to a sighting in Steam app changelogs for Walkabout Mini Golf, which added an APK file. The VR title is currently available on the Meta Quest (which runs on a custom version of Android), and may run through the Lepton compatibility layer for Valve’s upcoming Steam Frame VR headset, which runs the company’s Linux-based operating system, SteamOS.

    • MrLLM@ani.socialEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago

      You can say fsck in the internet

      Although, I’m not really sure fsck yesss is a valid syntax

    • onnekas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      18·
      2 days ago

      I also got excited. However some time ago I set up waydroid and once I got it all running smoothly I was like “what now?”

      I didn’t know any app or game that I wanted to play over the games that I have on my PC.

      So my question would be: what do you want to play?

      • DNEAVES@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        16 hours ago

        Tbh, I’d love to be able to use this less for games and more for just Android apps.

        I’d love to move more to a less-Google-owned mobile platform that still has the apps I use and the power to run things. I think the two frontrunners are like /e/OS or GrapheneOS.

        But with Lepton: A) there’s a better chance of the idea of a Linux-non-Android phone, since Lepton could allow Android apps run on a Linux phone; or B) make Linux tablets better, again with Android apps.

        I also have an idea in my head that next “upgrade” I can afford I’ll ditch my phone and go for a smartwatch (with 4G/5G) and a tablet (for apps). The best pairing is probably from Samsung, which unfortunately is both Android/Google and now focused on promoting AI features (ew). I’d go for GrapheneOS if I could put it on a tablet of suitable specs, and if a smartwatch would work well with it (which the watch would probably still be Samsung’s, but maybe RePebble can do something great?).

        But if I could use a Linux tablet? That’s a computer at that point, and I could also benefit from having a laptop since there’s also things an Android device couldn’t do that a computer could (I’m a software dev, it’d be painful on Android). Waydroid/Lepton then supplements the part where there are things Android can do that computers can’t, which is just “apps the developer didn’t make a webapp/computer app for”. Still would have to figure out the watch part, but it’s a start

      • De Lancre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Yeah, most of “exciting” and impressive android games — either ports from big platform: Subnautica, Alien: Isolation, Tropico, Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Little Nightmares, Hitman, GTA, Dead Cells, etc. Or straight up accessible on all platforms: Wuwa, Genshin, PlantsVsZombies, etc.

        That being said, there still a few games that I personally would’ve play somewhat natively, cause they never got a release outside of android:

        1. Minigore 2 (removed from play market, also doesn’t support controller/keyboard, only touchscreen, so probably a no-no)
        2. Subway Surfer (for nostalgia!)
        3. Bad piggies (supposedly ported to pc, according to wiki, but good luck finding it)
        4. Lazors (near puzzle game, not sure about it’s fait) nevermind, actually ported and can be bought on steam
        5. There was beta access to neat sewing puzzle game on android 5, but I can’t find it anymore, was deleted from play market it seems, would’ve play, but no luck in finding it
        6. Dead Space Mobile (even tho it outdated af, still, I played it back in the days, would’ve been nice to play it once more)
        7. Xenowerk

        That probably it, tho

        • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          1 day ago

          The only way to play galaxy on fire 2 (unironic peak) with all dlc is the android version, and my android phone can’t run it because it’s a 32bit game. So for me it’d be that.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        1 day ago

        I agree currently, but I’m excited about this because it creates a PC market for mobile games. This is good because mobile games have the worst MTX, but PC games normally can’t get away with this. It could (unlikely, but possible) influence them to adapt to more of the PC market style.

      • warmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        Not me, my kids (4 & 7). I wouldn’t play a mobile game, I just want some apps that I can’t avoid and aren’t available on desktop.

      • djdarren@piefed.socialEnglish
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        1 day ago

        I used Waydroid to get Apple Music running on Linux. It worked, but it wasn’t a great experience, not least because it needed to be an older version of the app. Winapps was slightly better, but given that AM is only available as a UWP through the Windows Store, it was a pain in the arse to get running, then buggy when it was.

        So these days I just play music through my phone.