Comment by aucisson_masque

6 months ago

I think the next version of Android is supposed to include a terminal that can run Linux.

I don't know the specifics but it would be better than having to root the phone and use chroot.

It's sad that a phone running java on top of Linux isn't able to run Linux app without big downside like termux and proot. Hopefully it changes.

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kllrnohj  6 months ago

> It's sad that a phone running java on top of Linux isn't able to run Linux app

It can. It just can't run something expecting glibc, X11, Wayland, or any of the other large number of userspace libraries that Android doesn't have.

But a pure Linux app works no problem. Just shell in and run it, easy.

ErrorNoBrain  6 months ago

Android has a terminal in the newer beta versions, indeed - a proper one

it was sorta possible before too, but now, it can start up programs with a window etc (and of course someone ran doom on it)

dzikimarian  6 months ago

I have Android 15 (regular release) and it's there. Feels snappy I didn't use it to run desktop environment though.