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If it comes with fully functional command line, unix utils and ability to install linux apps from different stores, that would be great OS.

• gf000 8mo ago
  That's already here. Android has native terminal in the developer settings and it even has a Wayland graphical environment. I have run Weston with a desktop chromium inside, playing a youtube video with sound.
  • dizhn 8mo ago
    But no root.
    • charcircuit 8mo ago
      A root account violates principle of least priviledge. With proper design a root account should not be needed.
      • dizhn 8mo ago
        True but accessing your own files, pinging, network management etc aren't included in the things an Android terminal user can do. Hence the need for root.
        • charcircuit 8mo ago
          That sounds like more of a need to be able to share files and folders with the terminal app and for there to be a ping command callable from nonroot added.
        • gf000 8mo ago
          /mnt/shared has access to your personal files and pinging just works. This is as the default 'droid' user, but I also have a root user (but that's only root within the terminal)
      • digiown 8mo ago
        Maybe, but the user ought to be able to do with their device the equivalent of what a root account can do, even if not especially conveniently. Like seeing what data apps are saving to their devices or spoofing data to prevent apps from gaining unauthorized information. Apps should not be protected from the user, and user should have recourse from apps doings things not in their interest.
      • heavyset_go 8mo ago
        "Root" in this case can be normal users without privileges who are granted root-like capabilities granularly, not necessarily a true root account.
    • jeroenhd 8mo ago
      The Android terminal has root access. It's a full Debian VM, with hardware-accelerated Wayland graphics through virgl. Of course, that only works on devices supporting pKVM.