Ferrochrome: A Linux VM on Android host via AVF

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A Debian VM runs on Android via AVF using virtio block/input and a gfxstream-backed virtio‑gpu with explicit cache flushes and zero‑copy mapping to Android hardware buffers to overcome ARM cache coherency, enabling hardware‑accelerated 3D and VS Code-level apps; input is translated from Android events into virtio‑input, terminal access is via ttyd + xterm.js over mutual TLS client certs, storage shares use a host-mounted SD directory and bidirectional storage sharing, memory and storage ballooning manage resources, image is ~1 GB and boots slowly as an experimental Developer Options feature.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Ferrochrome
2. 2:10Architecture overview
3. 3:17Terminal interface setup
4. 4:41Resource management
5. 5:48Input event bridging
6. 6:52Graphical stack strategy
7. 8:17GPU acceleration challenges
8. 9:22Performance and use cases
9. 10:02Future work and optimizations
10. 11:47Q&A session

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