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The Linux terminal app on Android reddits are full of reports of instability. It is far from being useful as far as I understand. I had so much hope for this be

The Linux terminal app on Android reddits are full of reports of instability. It is far from being useful as far as I understand. I had so much hope for this being a good way to use my phone as a portal for development, but it's a dud. At least we have termux and proot.

dredmorbius 6mo ago
Termux itself is a red-headed step-child on Android, with current releases installable only from F-Droid, and quite possibly subject to further restrictions in future. Mind: Termux is the only thing on Android which has not precisely sucked in my own 15+ years' experience with the platform. It remains both crippled and emperiled by the OS and Google. <https://web.archive.org/web/20210103151837/https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Termux_Google_Play https://web.archive.org/web/20210103151837/https://wiki.term...> There's ... some Google Play availability as of June 2024: <https://github.com/termux/termux-app/discussions/4000 https://github.com/termux/termux-app/discussions/4000>. F-Droid's own future viability is at risk given Google's recent Android directions: <https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/googles-requirement-for-all-android-developers-to-register-and-be-verified-threatens-to-close-down-open-source-app-store-f-droid/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/googles-requirement-for-...>. My own interests lie more in the ability to run Android emulated under Linux, and switching from phone / tablet devices to a small form-factor laptop (Framework 12 or 13 most likely) for on-the-go computing.