Is there any way to emulate aegis authenticator (fdroid) on an ubuntu based computer?

ubuntu 23.10

I can access my employer’s local network if I authenticate with a 2fa. They suggest proprietary software, but aegis authenticator (found in fdroid) works fine.

The thing is, the phone’s screen is too small and it’s very cumbersome to navigate the screen and to click. It’s so bad I don’t want to use it, because fonts are so small you cannot read anything. It’s like they didn’t even try to optimize the local network for devices.

However, if I could emulate this app on an ubuntu based computer, I’d use it. Can it be done?

recursive_recursion,
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my method for running Android apps on my distro is to run an Android 9.0-r2 VM on QEMU/KVM via virt-manager

maybe this might work for you?

here’s a guide I found for setting up Virt-manager on Ubuntu

and here’s a vid for setting up Android x86 on Virt-manager

  • not sure if this is the exact same vid I used but it should suffice

hope this works/fits your use case!

Excigma,

Just use Waydroid instead: waydro.id, much lower overhead, however you need to mess with ARM emulation. For installing Google Apps and Device not Play certified: github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script

More info: wiki.archlinux.org/title/Waydroid

recursive_recursion,
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That’s pretty neat! I didn’t know about Waydroid till now

however you need to mess with ARM emulation.

not sure about Arch as I’m on NixOS now and the implementation seems to be straightforward but I’ll keep an eye on your note if I do encounter issues

thanks!🤗

EddyBot,

you can just use any other OTP application on Linux like gitlab.gnome.org/World/Authenticator or apps.kde.org/keysmith/, they all follow the same protocol
you can export your keys in Aegis and import them in most applications

sserdarth,

Of course there is a KDE app that is feature packed and beautiful and no live being has heard or known about.

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