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Bought all the paid add-ons to support the developer. It's one of the most valuable assets I miss on iOS (doesn't matter that much now as I've got Linux x86_64 and ARM with me on the go).
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Do you do vim with Gboard/SwiftKey or do you have a hardware keyboard?
If you're doing much with Termux or SSH to other systems (or roguelikes), you should probably look into Hacker's Keyboard ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketwork... ). If you miss the autocompletion aspect, there are multiple companion dictionaries that you can load as well for various languages.
Switching it to anything but english to make use of dictionaries makes potential special characters vanish from the long-press popups...
I tried this out a little while ago and I was really impressed. It's worth mentioning that this isn't just a Debian chroot/container, the software is actually compiled to run natively on the Android NDK. It seems like they work around any limitations of Bionic compared to glibc by patching NDK headers and using support libraries. Check out their "ports tree" to see what packages are available: https://github.com/term…
What exactly would you use it for? Not trying to be negative, I'm just not sure what would be worth typing out on a phone keyboard on the go, instead of waiting until I have access to an actual keyboard. I guess if you have a keyboard for your phone that's also different. (so for android tablets etc this is great)
E.g. I can control the volume of the radio via a simple ssh command that turns the media center volume down. Termux has an additional extension that lets you map arbitrary scripts to a button / widget on the android home screen.
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Do you do vim with Gboard/SwiftKey or do you have a hardware keyboard?
If you're doing much with Termux or SSH to other systems (or roguelikes), you should probably look into Hacker's Keyboard ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketwork... ). If you miss the autocompletion aspect, there are multiple companion dictionaries that you can load as well for various languages.
I was recently surprised to discover folks are using this on old phones or tablets as a "server" in various capacities. You have storage, camera, at least dual network access (wifi + otg usb ethernet + cellular), a battery (ups), autostart capability via a purchase, basic package support. Smaller than a laptop, way more self contained than a Pi, enough for some basic tinkering for sure.
Instead of Android + Termux, one can also look at Sailfish OS. You get all that functionality by default. There's also PostMarket OS [1], which should support at least some Android phones
I was recently surprised to discover folks are using this on old phones or tablets as a "server" in various capacities. You have storage, camera, at least dual network access (wifi + otg usb ethernet + cellular), a battery (ups), autostart capability via a purchase, basic package support. Smaller than a laptop, way more self contained than a Pi, enough for some basic tinkering for sure.
Can I create script which snaps a photo let's say every minute? Basically, is camera available through terminal?
Wow. Given that this works with ChromeOS, this appears to give me what I've been looking for for a long time: something that makes a Chromebook a usable developer laptop. Now time to buy a Chromebook and try it out.
Maybe a stupid question but why not just run Debian on a chrome book, or any cheap laptop? Or spend a bit more for a thinkpad or dell XPS
Easier said than done, Chromebooks aren't "computers" in the sense that you could easily or natively install Windows/Linux.
ChromeBooks run ChromeOS and often don't even have a BIOS, thus to shoehorn a different OS requires installing SeaBIOS when it isn't present.
They're more like an appliance, though GalliumOS[0] works on (most?) x86 Chromebooks.
If I open this on my phone, run vi , and type some text - how do I input so I can say :wq ?
Wow. Given that this works with ChromeOS, this appears to give me what I've been looking for for a long time: something that makes a Chromebook a usable developer laptop. Now time to buy a Chromebook and try it out.
Having tried it, it's an "almost there" solution. Termux is a proot, not a chroot. This means you can't do certain things. You end up in a state where you can run nodejs and react, but you can't run create-react-app successfully. Rustup doesn't work in Termux, when it does booted into Linux on the same chromebook. You can git clone, but you can't clone a repo from a USB stick. Every single time I tried to do any deve…