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"Termux + X11 on my Android tablet...feels pretty close to a real Linux setup."

by sipofwater on 3/19/25, 2:14 PM with 19 comments

• by sipofwater on 3/19/25, 2:19 PM

  1. Here's the complete description: https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/1jecn31/does... (old.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/1jecn31/does_it_count_as_linux_hardware_if_its_android_i/mihgxt8/)

  2. See also: https://old.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/1j2g5gz/motorola_mot... (old.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/1j2g5gz/motorola_moto_g_play_2024_smartphone_termux/mgs67qz/)

• by IshKebab on 3/22/25, 2:41 PM

  I'm still hoping they'll use the new Android virtualization framework to provide a properly integrated system, e.g. where it runs a Wayland server that forwards windows to the native Android graphics system.

  They sort of said it won't though: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-terminal-purp...

• by vitalmixofntrnt on 3/19/25, 2:28 PM

  What counts as real linux? Is it that it runs a linux kernel, or runs a linux-libre kernel, or has a desktop linux user space as opposed to the android user space or a GNU user space, is it because real linux is meant to be unpopular such as desktop linux being unpopular while android is popular?

• by pcwelder on 3/22/25, 3:13 PM

  I connected Chatgpt app to termux to have shell access using custom gpts.

  The thing is you can talk to custom gpts over voice.

  There's day and night difference compared to using mobile keyboard to type for writing commands and files.

  I imagine I could do a lot of stuff over termux with voice coding.

  Edit: demo https://youtube.com/shorts/Jsc8R8EzMlE?feature=share

• by tetris11 on 3/22/25, 2:18 PM

  One of the main devs for the Lemmy codebase, codes primarily this way.

  The habits of prolific coders come in many flavours.