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We already have termux for that, and on a rooted device you could do pretty much anything. This is pointless
This could be really interesting. I don't personally see a use case for me to run Linux apps on Android. I could see myself running android apps on Linux though. Pretty happy to see this.
Interesting... but well.. Android isn't rooted, so will it use chroot or something like that? Or it will use a whole another kernel, complete VM?
I just wish I had vim with a tiny keyboard that I hit with one finger
Does termux not already do this?
~~No, Termux uses proot~~
Only distro environments use proot. Termux runs as a normal app and just has binaries stored locally.
Chromebooks have the advantage of being mostly a laptop with a keyboard, mouse-analog and largish screen... Phones don't really have that, so it seems an odd choice to me. Especially for a platform which is hostile to giving users permissions to install software on their own devices.
I've been using Termux for years and there are a lot of nice things you can do. Also, a lot of nice tablets have good keyboards.
Yeah but to do that one thing that you really want to do, you need root and daddy says no.
Android runs on a LOT more then just phones, BlissOS/Android x86, Arcades, casinos, cars etc.
If you dock your phone it will run with display keyboard and mouse. Not all phones support it though
IIRC, Android has always had native support for keyboards and mice. I remember connecting a bluetooth mouse to my old Nexus 4 running...Android 4, maybe 5? It worked out of the box. Saved my butt when the touch screen broke. :)
Can't say I've tried this in recent years but I think it still works, yeah?
This seems as much about converging Android and ChromeOS as anything.
Very exciting stuff, Really hope wayland gets hooked up. if not, well, we can make it work somehow