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Re: Termux

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Post by jhbadger »

mg wrote: post #7

Is Termux still needed, now that new Android phones have a full Linux available? I keep reading on https://www.reddit.com/r/androidterminal/ about user experiences with it and it seems pretty great.

I've tried both, and Termux is still far better. At least when I tried it a couple of months ago, the Linux terminal lived in its own sandbox isolated from the normal Android directories. Yes, I get how this might be "safer", but it means I can't move files around in the command line which is my primary use of Termux (I can't stand using a GUI to arrange and rename files)

Re: Termux

#22

Post by nasretdinov »

Fluorescence wrote: post #15

I love termux. I can run my normal terminal environment - tmux, fish, just, git, zoxide, yazi etc. and build rust apps. With decent auto-complete/fuzzy-search, it's very ergonomic for only needing a couple of key presses to get things done. I'm impressed that TUI apps like yazi/nnn respond to touch. It's a very viable app platform for those inclined. Out of curiosity, is there an equivalent on ios with that level of…

In iOS we can only use something like ish.app which emulates x86 and runs full Linux distro instead, with predictably much lower performance than Termux (due to JIT being banned in iOS apps), but without any restrictions Android has on the executables

Re: Termux

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Post by chocochunks »

rini17 wrote: post #17
mg wrote: post #7

Is Termux still needed, now that new Android phones have a full Linux available? I keep reading on https://www.reddit.com/r/androidterminal/ about user experiences with it and it seems pretty great.

Apparently the OEM must support it (the AVF virtualization).

The phone's hardware must also support it. It needs non-protected VM support which is available in Exynos SoCs but not Qualcomm which is why some Samsung phones have it but other arguably better phones don't (e.g, S25 Ultra VS. Flip 7).

Re: Termux

#24

Post by DrNefario »

nasretdinov wrote: post #22
Fluorescence wrote: post #15

I love termux. I can run my normal terminal environment - tmux, fish, just, git, zoxide, yazi etc. and build rust apps. With decent auto-complete/fuzzy-search, it's very ergonomic for only needing a couple of key presses to get things done. I'm impressed that TUI apps like yazi/nnn respond to touch. It's a very viable app platform for those inclined. Out of curiosity, is there an equivalent on ios with that level of…

In iOS we can only use something like ish.app which emulates x86 and runs full Linux distro instead, with predictably much lower performance than Termux (due to JIT being banned in iOS apps), but without any restrictions Android has on the executables

I don't have an iPhone, but wouldn't UTM be better for that use case?

Re: Termux

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Post by nickjj »

I use Termux to run SSH on demand, it's quite nice for rsync'ing files between my phone and desktop.

The on demand nature of it is a major selling point to me. When I open Termux and run SSH it's up, if I shut down Termux, SSH goes away with it. That and I can use rsync which is a tool I've been using for syncing files for a long time.

There's no need to run always-on tools like LocalSend or SyncThing, at least not for my use case. I have a little "sync" shell script on my desktop I can run to easily sync files "desktop TO phone" or "phone TO desktop".

Re: Termux

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Post by bluebarbet »

Honest question, as a heavy desktop TUI user who has had Termux installed for years. A terminal (emulator) is a keyboard-based environment. How on earth are all you fans making it work with a tiny touchscreen?

Re: Termux

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Post by esperent »

mg wrote: post #7

Is Termux still needed, now that new Android phones have a full Linux available? I keep reading on https://www.reddit.com/r/androidterminal/ about user experiences with it and it seems pretty great.

Interesting, first I've heard of that. It's android 16+ apparently. My Galaxy S21 FE is on Android 16.

I searched "Linux" in the settings and it found this experimental "Run Linux Terminal on Android" toggle... Which doesn't work. Tapping it won't turn it on. Oh well.

Re: Termux

#28

Post by prmoustache »

mg wrote: post #7

Is Termux still needed, now that new Android phones have a full Linux available? I keep reading on https://www.reddit.com/r/androidterminal/ about user experiences with it and it seems pretty great.

last time I tried the linux terminal running on a vm was buggy and slow.

Re: Termux

#29

Post by Ingon »

Termux is great - one of the ways I use it is to install the golang toolchain and compile/run connet.

Re: Termux

#30

Post by anasrin »

Best terminal emulator on Android, my day to day basis is note-taking (fzf, Neovim, Git) and SSH (when I'm too lazy to open up computer).

Also you can build some CLI or TUI using Go and compile using Android NDK and run it on Termux.

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