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I personally think if you have an Android phone, Termux is really powerful, its basically a linux container, and you can do a lot on it, And with Root its even

I personally think if you have an Android phone, Termux is really powerful, its basically a linux container, and you can do a lot on it, And with Root its even more powerful. And of course Android is always going to be more usable the mobile linux. For me personally I just can't work on my phone, its too small, there is no place to work on anything!

Abishek_Muthian 4y ago
Termux is an excellent piece of software, I recently saw a security researcher from Zambia using only Termux for his development[1] and research as he couldn't afford a computer. I'm sure there are plenty more like him in developing economies, Where using smartphone for better computing is not just a lifestyle but a necessity for livelihood. Because Google with its Playstore API restrictions has stopped Termux from releasing in Playstore, It has robbed people in the similar circumstance as that Zambian gentleman of the opportunity. Now, One has to have enough knowledge about existence of third party app stores like F-Droid to make use of Termux like applications. Even then, Android's enthusiast scene is highly dependent upon 'privilege escalation', To auto update Termux from F-Droid it needs root. And that's exactly why I'm evangelizing Linux smartphone at every chance I get, I'm not telling those who couldn't afford a PC should move on to a Linux phone, I'm telling we need to break the duopoly in the mobile ecosystem to gain back the freedom in mobile computing. Linux phone, Especially aftermarket projects like pmos seems to be best bet for me since coincidentally developing economies are e-waste dumping grounds for the rest of the world. [1] https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1548961346104053764 https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1548961346104053764