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It's a system inside a system shipped as an app, isolated from other apps and with no integrations with the wider operating system. It's not far from WSL or a V

It's a system inside a system shipped as an app, isolated from other apps and with no integrations with the wider operating system. It's not far from WSL or a VM.

matheusmoreira 3y ago
It forks and execs new programs using the actual Linux system calls. It's a real Linux terminal emulator that opens and drives /dev/ptmx. Not sure what else it needs to be a real Linux. Termux is very well integrated. Termux:API allows access to phone sensors, location and cameras, sharing data with android apps, issuing notifications... All from the command line. Things like xdg-open work fine.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  There is a reason why you cannot install Termux any longer via the Play Store, those APIs aren't allowed as public APIs.
  - abwizz 3y ago
    yet the existance of these api's serves as an example as to why android can be classified as a unix
    - pjmlp 3y ago
      What matters is what the consumers, and developers of the platform see when using it in legal ways, not the hacker route.
      - abwizz 3y ago
        the nature of a thing does not change with the perspective
  - matheusmoreira 3y ago
    I know and I think it's dumb. Termux is too useful not to allow the use of those APIs. They should turn them into permissions or something.
    - pjmlp 3y ago
      Linux kernel is only an implementation detail, doing so would prevent a future Zirkon migration.