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Google allows absolutely anything to be installed on Android. There's a setting for that.

• awqrre 10y ago
  Sorry, I must have missed it, what is that setting called?
  • mchahn 10y ago
    settings/security/Unknown sources
    • awqrre 10y ago
      That doesn't allow you to install any Linux application, it only allows you to install Android apps that you find outside the Play Store...
      • mchahn 10y ago
        All applications need to be ported to a platform before they can run on it. What linux app do you want on Android? It can be ported. You can't do that on ios.
        • awqrre 10y ago
          I don't want to port anything... let say I want to run Gimp... I want to run Gimp without having to port it (or without anyone having to port it), that is the whole point. Google could make that easy since Android is based on Linux...
          • mchahn 10y ago
            So Gimp can run on a device with no mouse, just a touchscreen? That is news to me. How could google make that possible? Oh, maybe I'm not getting it. You want to run all the linux apps, but know that it's impossible?
            • awqrre 10y ago
              It would be possible if it was not blocked by Google which is the whole point... also you know that Bluetooth and USB peripherals can be connected to android devices?
              • mchahn 10y ago
                I'm still confused. What is Google doing that blocks something?