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But why?

AkshatJ27 4y ago
to be able to run stuff on the years old android phones
bheadmaster 4y ago
Are you implying that it shouldn't have been done, or are you just curious about authors' motivation? If the latter, I'd guess that some of them still want to support Android 5/6 phones. Some of them still exist and work fine.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  And tablets
dspillett 4y ago
There are a fair few devices out there still running old versions of Android¹ – particularly a number of ebook devices that are commonly rooted to do more/other than run the officially included software which may be inadequate², deprecated³, or simply dead⁴. --- [1] >3% of android running 6 or 5, according to several sources found in a quick search, of which https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/android https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/android seems to be the most up-to-date. [2] Not supporting newer formats/features perhaps, or just being a very tightly walled garden of minimal features. [3] So not supported at all any more. [4] If they rely on external services that have since closed, for instance.
- zozbot234 4y ago
  Yup. Notably, these devices are pre-Treble, so there's no prospect for any sort of GSI support (which would open up things like Droidian). So Termux is pretty much the best you can do if you care about providing a sensible environment in a device-independent way.
app4soft 4y ago
Initially Android 5/6 was dropped[0] since 2020-01-01, but this year it was decided to bring Android 5/6 support back for app & bootstrap.[1] Additional context: read-only package repos (as archived on 2019-12-09) moved to official site.[2] [0] https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/4467 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/4467 [1] https://github.com/termux/termux-app/pull/2740 https://github.com/termux/termux-app/pull/2740 [2] https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/4658 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/4658
xchip 4y ago
to have your own cloud running on your old cellphone, I use it to store backups, pictures, vpn,...

But why?

to be able to run stuff on the years old android phones

Are you implying that it shouldn't have been done, or are you just curious about authors' motivation? If the latter, I'd guess that some of them still want to support Android 5/6 phones. Some of them still exist and work fine.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
And tablets

dspillett 4y ago

There are a fair few devices out there still running old versions of Android¹ – particularly a number of ebook devices that are commonly rooted to do more/other than run the officially included software which may be inadequate², deprecated³, or simply dead⁴. --- [1] >3% of android running 6 or 5, according to several sources found in a quick search, of which https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/android https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/android seems to be the most up-to-date. [2] Not supporting newer formats/features perhaps, or just being a very tightly walled garden of minimal features. [3] So not supported at all any more. [4] If they rely on external services that have since closed, for instance.

zozbot234 4y ago
Yup. Notably, these devices are pre-Treble, so there's no prospect for any sort of GSI support (which would open up things like Droidian). So Termux is pretty much the best you can do if you care about providing a sensible environment in a device-independent way.

app4soft 4y ago

Initially Android 5/6 was dropped[0] since 2020-01-01, but this year it was decided to bring Android 5/6 support back for app & bootstrap.[1] Additional context: read-only package repos (as archived on 2019-12-09) moved to official site.[2] [0] https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/4467 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/4467 [1] https://github.com/termux/termux-app/pull/2740 https://github.com/termux/termux-app/pull/2740 [2] https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/4658 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/4658

xchip 4y ago

to have your own cloud running on your old cellphone, I use it to store backups, pictures, vpn,...