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NoBrain Linux Wiki

Important

AI disclosure: NoBrain Linux was created 100% with AI. Its creator is not a programmer, software developer, or IT professional—just someone who loves Linux. This is a personal project, so its early design reflects the creator's own needs and may not be the right fit for everyone. Criticism, suggestions, ideas, and bug reports are sincerely welcome. They will help NoBrain grow into a project that more people can use and enjoy.

NoBrain Linux is a pocket Linux desktop environment for Android. It combines an ARM64 Void Linux userspace, a customized DWM desktop, and an Android-hosted X server in one application. It uses PRoot, so Android root access is not required.

The current public pre-release is NoBrain Linux 0.1.5. Its runtime checkpoint is Build 185.

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Current release

Download the APK from the NoBrain Linux 0.1.5 release. Choose nobrain-linux-0.1.5.apk, not GitHub's automatically generated source archives.

File: nobrain-linux-0.1.5.apk
Size: 605,054,812 bytes
SHA-256: b1f022a7c6a68822be85a42dd14693e774e67d218399679476351746bd8ce395

Requirements

  • Android 9 or newer
  • ARM64 (arm64-v8a)
  • About 2 GB of free space for installation and first startup
  • More free space for Linux applications and system updates
  • Internet access during initial package setup

NoBrain has been tested primarily on a Nubia Neo 5G running Android 13, a Huawei MatePad 11.5 (2024), and a Sony SOV37 running Android 10. Other ARM64 devices still need broader testing.

Project status

NoBrain Linux is a personal, AI-created project and remains a pre-release. Keep backups of important files and report reproducible problems through GitHub Issues.

Never publish passwords, private SSH keys, signing keys, tokens, or personal documents in an issue.


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