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Unfortunately there is no GNU on iOS or Android. Every open a terminal on an Android phone and wonder why things just don't feel like the GNU/Linux systems you
by davexunit 10y ago
Unfortunately there is no GNU on iOS or Android. Every open a terminal on an Android phone and wonder why things just don't feel like the GNU/Linux systems you're used to? It's because it uses things like busybox instead of the GNU coreutils.
- pekk 10y agoNot to mention what happens if you decide you would like to start writing a little program (as one does on a real Unix system) and realize that you are in a sandbox designed to prevent you from doing that unless you use all the official SDK stuff through Dalvik, which has a completely different flavor and set of capabilities. Sure, I have a very awesome computer that cost hundreds of dollars but I can't really use it because... somebody said so?
- mastax 10y agohttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux Zsh, bash, make, clang, SSH, Python, vim... Their package selection is small compared to debian, but still quite nice.
- serge2k 10y agobeing able to install it doesn't make it part of android.