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The Fuchsia team is working on a Linux compatibility-layer, named Starnix[1], which is much like WINE on Linux. This would allow Linux applications to run on Fuchsia as-if they were running on a Linux kernel. A massive amount of work, but less work than adapting every single existing application to run on Fuchsia.

Back in 2022, there were signs[2] that Google was working on testing the Android Runtime (ART) on top of Starnix, by trying to get the clock app running on top of it. Most of this work has been done in private though, the tracking-issues mentioned in the article were quickly set to private after they were found.

[1] https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/concepts/starnix [2]: https://9to5google.com/2022/07/15/android-removes-fuchsia-co...

A few years ago I reverse engineered my Oral-B (Braun) toothbrush in order to change the color of the brush (handle) to one of my liking, without being constrained by the pre-set colors available in smartphone app. (Which I think now also requires you to log in)

Turned it into a Go library: https://github.com/raqbit/goralb

They are working on creating a full distro, based on Arch Linux ARM, which will be an easy-to-use package for end-users with bleeding-edge versions of the software they develop.[1]

That said, all components will be upstreamed into their respective projects such that other distributions should eventually be able to add support for Apple's line of desktop computers with Apple Silicon.

[1] https://asahilinux.org/about/#is-this-a-linux-distribution

Last time I checked, Outlook (The desktop application) exported contacts in localized CSV (semi-colon separated in my case) but Outlook (online) only accepted contacts separated by commas. As I was trying to migrate contacts on someone else's computer, I had to use notepad to change it.