Warning about HP Laptops - incompatibility with Win 10 Creators Update

[Straf]

Maybe CP can answer for this or any other Linux user...
so, if you are running Linux, could you run some sort of android emulator?
And if so, then run apps from the android store?
Thus, you could run sketchbook pro and photoshop and some others.
It wouldn't be quite the same as the full app experience, but might suffice for some.
And it would conceivably be super cheap by comparison.

Have a look at Anbox. Is that the sort of thing you were looking for?

[J.Edward]

Have a look at Anbox. Is that the sort of thing you were looking for?

It wasn't for me... I was asking for a friend, yeah, for a friend.
Hehe. I have too much money tide up in commercial software to go Linux myself, I'm afraid.
I have run a few versions over the years on a few old pcs. I liked it.
I'd use it if I could use all the costly software I have.

I may have to at some point, as I am unwilling to allow an OS to tell me when and what to update, as win10 does.
I am equal opportunity though -
there are things I like about all the OSes, and things I hate about all of them.
And particularly with the corporate entities. Nuff said.

Thanks for the link though, as I hadn't run into that before.

[Straf]

It wasn't for me... I was asking for a friend, yeah, for a friend.
Hehe. I have too much money tide up in commercial software to go Linux myself, I'm afraid.
I have run a few versions over the years on a few old pcs. I liked it.
I'd use it if I could use all the costly software I have.

I may have to at some point, as I am unwilling to allow an OS to tell me when and what to update, as win10 does.
I am equal opportunity though -
there are things I like about all the OSes, and things I hate about all of them.
And particularly with the corporate entities. Nuff said.

Thanks for the link though, as I hadn't run into that before.

Nee bother bonny lad There's Android Studio as well but I can't remember if it emulates various devices or not. I've always plugged my device in to run apps I've written. (I haven't got any further than getting my phone to tell me to eff off.) I don't know if it will run apps from the Play Store - that's the other thing, being able to download from the Play Store. I'm assuming Anbox does that.