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Esper Blog
Company blog · esper.io/blogprogramminghardware
Esper Blog is the company blog at esper.io, writing about programming and hardware. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “GMS vs. Non-GMS for Android Devices”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Esper's posts as references on Android topics, such as the difference between GMS and non-GMS Android in China. The comments do not judge the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Provisioning, configuration, updates, and telemetry for POS, kiosks, payment terminals, and clinical devices. Esper is device management infrastructure for dedicated devices.
Most-linked posts?
- GMS vs. Non-GMS for Android Devices2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-08
- /blog/android-dessert-bites-13-virtualization-on-pixel-6-3791852 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-06-13
What Hacker News says?
It appears that you and I are having different conversations. I said that 1. it is currently possible to run a terminal on Android, which lets you run commands as an unprivileged user on the Android system , and 2. both Android "typical" Linux are perfectly capable of booting into a graphical environment, though non-Android Linuxes frequently allow you to boot to a virtual terminal as well preferentially. Having gon…
Comment linking /blog/android-dessert-bites-13-virtualization-on-pixel-6-379185
on “ChromeOS will soon be developed on large portions of the Android stack”Submitted Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a webcam as a story · 2 points
HN discussionRecent Pixel devices support Android pKVM nested virtualization, with optional 2-way isolation, https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/12/virtual-ma... Even if Android is compromised all the way up to (and including) the host kernel, the isolated VM remains uncompromised This allows virtualized Linux VMs on supported Pixels, running alongside Android, https://www.xda-developers.com/nestbox-hands-on/ & https:…
Comment linking /blog/android-dessert-bites-13-virtualization-on-pixel-6-379185
on “After initially rejecting it, Apple has approved the first PC emulator for iOS”Submitted GMS vs. Non-GMS for Android Devices as a story · 1 points
HN discussionOk checked some info and, in summary: Your linked article (the official source from Google) states "November 2021" [1], which by date would correspond to API Level 32 aka. Android 12.1. Android 12.0 might also have the feature backported on some devices, according to some reports such as seen in the issue report for the feature [2]. Finally, the feature has apparently not been backported to Android 10 or 11, accordi…
Comment linking /blog/android-dessert-bites-26-mdns-local-47912385
on “Show HN: Local development with .local domains and HTTPS”Android in China is different. https://www.esper.io/blog/gms-vs-non-gms-for-android
Comment linking /blog/gms-vs-non-gms-for-android
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