Something new in the latest Android 15 update. You'll need to enable it in developer settings. Terminal only now, GUI apps coming in 16 apparently.
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lots of bugs, though :)
LOL iOS
Not on all android 15s I guess...not on Pixel 6A at least
You've installed the March update?
I used it a few years ago when it was first discovered. It was cool but needs more work.
Hey, that's not fair. They can arrange the icons in the launcher how they want now.
Good call. But I've no updates available as of now
Puxa vida, android 15!!!
Something new in the latest Android 15 update. You'll need to enable it in developer settings. Terminal only now, GUI apps coming in 16 apparently.
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but is this the thing? how is it different from android gui?
It's a Linux VM on your phone. How Google will integrate the GUI aspect I'm not sure, it's not available yet. This is experimental at the moment, but gives you a full Linux environment atop a hypervisor.
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Android's native Linux Terminal app is live in Google's latest update
The March Pixel Feature Drop will let you run Linux apps in a virtual machine on your phone
I don't see it on my Pixel 6A running the last @GrapheneOS update. Maybe a lag between official Android build and @GrapheneOS build.
It's mind blowing when you think about it. You could run a Linux server on a mobile.
Include it in a cluster as a backup server. Just in case where your home server is down.
And keep running essential server services on a mobile server! 🤯
Something new in the latest Android 15 update. You'll need to enable it in developer settings. Terminal only now, GUI apps coming in 16 apparently.
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Cool to have it as a native feature, but these projects have been around for awhile too. Is there going to be a bigger difference by using this new feature vs one of these projects?
Termux | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Terminal emulator with packages
Nix-on-Droid | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Nix package manager for Android
AnLinux | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Run Linux On Android Without Root Access
This is a VM running using KVM hypervisor. Termux is limited in what applications are available, and it should be much faster than anything using proot.
Kind of like the protective barrier that it provides. The Nix-On-Droid has a shit ton of apps available though. Plus being able to virtualize many other linux distros with AnLinux is nice too.
I think it will be interesting to see what the differences in native performance will be. I wonder what level of access we can expect to have?
Will this finally give us root out of the box?
It's a VM with it's own kernel, running Debian. From what I can see it has no access to Android, that's the point of a VM. It ties into Google's push to replace ChromeOS with Android. This is a feature ChromeOS already has.
I've used termux for a long time, it's a great tool. Any of the proot tools I have always found to be extremely flaky and not worth the bother.
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Some technical info
In the future AnLinux or tools like it should be able to utilize this.
Android Open Source Project
Android Virtualization Framework (AVF) overview | Android Open Source Project
Ahh. No root. Still pretty fucking cool though.
Mine just crashes instantly
Graphene?
Yea
Yeah I tried on my 6a running GrapheneOS and got the same result. It's being worked on. Soon™