the best thing ive ever downloaded on a phone
Termux
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Re: Termux
#112I use it to run Julia on my phone: https://lee-phillips.org/juliaOnPhone.jpg
Do you have instructions somewhere for getting this to work? I've tried installing julia on termux a few times with no success.
I just downloaded the archive (from the usual Julia downloads page) for ARM on the phone and put a link to the binary in /usr/local/bin — same as on Linux desktop. But I did this in the proot Debian environment.
Re: Termux
#113Important to note that termux, while it was always great and indispensable, is getting increasingly interesting now because android is getting full desktop mode at the same time as XR glasses (xreal, viture etc.) are becoming mainstream. You can have a linux desktop in your pocket everywhere without rooting, hacking or tinkering, just install termux and x11 server. While not all packages work, llms are increasingly powerful, just an example porting deskflow from a debian package to termux took about 4 hours max, something i would not even have had an idea how to start just 4 months ago.
Re: Termux
#114With how AI based dev is going, I'm guessing more and more people will discover and start using termux, tmux and the like. Typing on a phone sucks, but at least modal modes (vim) and unexpected keyboard[1] makes it somewhat tolerable. 1: https://github.com/Julow/Unexpected-Keyboard
suffice it to say that you just changed my morning with this link lol. god i love this keyboard.
Re: Termux
#115Important to note that termux, while it was always great and indispensable, is getting increasingly interesting now because android is getting full desktop mode at the same time as XR glasses (xreal, viture etc.) are becoming mainstream. You can have a linux desktop in your pocket everywhere without rooting, hacking or tinkering, just install termux and x11 server. While not all packages work, llms are increasingly p…
I would bet the popularity is due to coding agents. For the first time you can continue the work without typing much but just inspecting the output and provading further guidance with relatively short messages.
Re: Termux
#116I discovered it 1 week ago.
I don't know why I never tried this in the past! SSHing my machine and vice-versa!
Just figured out that I could use my computer's terminal to send to my android's clipboard via SSH.
Pair it with Tailscale and we have a beast!
Re: Termux
#117Important to note that termux, while it was always great and indispensable, is getting increasingly interesting now because android is getting full desktop mode at the same time as XR glasses (xreal, viture etc.) are becoming mainstream. You can have a linux desktop in your pocket everywhere without rooting, hacking or tinkering, just install termux and x11 server. While not all packages work, llms are increasingly p…
I would bet the popularity is due to coding agents. For the first time you can continue the work without typing much but just inspecting the output and provading further guidance with relatively short messages.
I bet thats true, but that use case will be much much better served by the native vm based linux terminal, not sure what sandboxing you can use in termux.
Re: Termux
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah but it sucks. There's a button in its settings to install a Debian chroot environment; gave it a go and it bricked itself, had to clear the app's storage and factory reset it.
Add to this list that it tends to not work while connected via a VPN. Not sure why but this makes me very skeptical of it.
that's sketch city. Why does it care? What are they looking for?
Re: Termux
#119Another nifty utility to use in tandem is scrcpy[0]. Inside or outside of Termux, it allows you to interact with your android device in general from the comfort of your main computer/laptop over ADB. It becomes a super multiplier for Termux when I don't want to deal with the hassle of connecting a separate keyboard to my android phone/tablet. (A heads up, I have to use the `--render-driver=software` switch in order f…
You need developer mode enabled for this right? Do you use any banking apps? The one I want to use for NFC payments doesn't work when developer mode is enabled. I am wondering if this is a global thing.
Ah yes, I'm pretty sure developer mode is required.
My banking app works for logging in to check account balances, even despite having a rooted device. Though, I have not set up any kind of payment methods, Android Pay, etc.
Re: Termux
#120Since no one makes Android devices with hardware keyboards anymore, I almost never use this kind of software anymore. After getting burned by a couple of Kickstarter phones hampered by half-baked software and total lack of updates, the only thing I could rationally conclude is that Android as a productivity platform is a lost cause. When Android was new, I very frequently used Termux and ConnectBot with my first few…
There's two upcoming I look forward to seeing reviews of:
https://www.androidauthority.com/unihertz-titan-2-elite-qwer...
https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/clicks-is-bringi...