Termux: terminal emulator and Debian-style userland as an Android app

Post by tambourine_man » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 1:06 PM UTC

goerz wrote: post #46

tambourine_man wrote: post #19

This is amazing. I've been dreaming of something like this forever for the iPhone. iOS restrictions are probably never going to be lifted, however. I get by with Panic's Coda terminal, which is great, but even though I have multiple remote servers, sometimes I'd like to run something on my local network, like ping, wireshark, etc Running mutt as a local mail client would be nice as well

There's someone working towards this as part of the Blink app for iOS: https://github.com/blinksh/blink/pull/281 I could see this getting onto the app store eventually.

Post by noisem4ker » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 1:11 PM UTC

eltoozero wrote: post #28

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.

Post by rkeene2 » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 1:49 PM UTC

kybernetikos wrote: post #113

darklajid wrote: post #105

In an ideal world I could purchase a (usb c) dock that has some connectors and plug my awesome OnePlus 5 in to have a somewhat usable computer at home. I know Samsung wants to do something like that now (but I won't ever again buy a Samsung phone). I'd root (and pay) for a generic solution that makes my phone usable on a big(ger) screen.

Android phones have been able to connect to bluetooth or usb mouse and keyboards since nearly the very beginning. The only thing 'missing' is the screen. Samsung (and other) phones have supported external screens for many years now, often via MHL (although, as you say the Dex dock now packages it all together). I don't believe that the OnePlus5 supports external screens, but I may be wrong. You might be able to get s…

Post by bitwize » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 2:17 PM UTC

dredmorbius wrote: post #109

bitwize wrote: post #106

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I've never had the issues you mention with Termux's terminal emulator, but usually I run tmux inside Termux, so you may wish to try that and see if it doesn't improve things a bit.

I have, locally and remotely, most especially in less. Using the Termux ssh daemon and connecting to localhost from another Android terminal app or SSHBot doesn't exhibit the problem. I've got a github issue open.

Post by dredmorbius » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 2:24 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #118

dredmorbius wrote: post #109

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I have, locally and remotely, most especially in less. Using the Termux ssh daemon and connecting to localhost from another Android terminal app or SSHBot doesn't exhibit the problem. I've got a github issue open.

Well, if you've seen it you've seen it. I was suggesting a workaround in the form of tmux inside your termux session.