Very cool ! Finally something to do with my old phones lying around
(but who commits their .DS_Store file tho ? 🙈)
I’m convinced Mac users just become blind to the file. I see it all over repos at work.
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Over the last 15 years, I went from Mac, to Windows, to Linux. I’m still finding old .DS_Store files and deleting them.
Because adding to the .gitignore would threaten their existence.
rookie mistake 🤣
Never used mac before, whats this. DS_Store file for?
Nintendogs save file I think
Ah yeah of course 😅
There is also “local desktop” app which automates most of steps to make system.
Are phones with 3gb of ram considered “old” already?
We’ve had octo-core CPUs in phones for 13 years…
Yes
My 5 year old Xiaomi has 8G
sadly yeah. mine still has 2gb… lolz
Incredible things are happening with termux.
This doesn’t look like another alpine vm. But maybe I misread the install script. I see it uses apt so some sort of Debian base? If so, no root, GPU accelerated, not virtualized, Linux on Android is quite the accomplishment.
It’s an installer for Termux packages. You can do the same thing manually in Termux shell, if you know the names of packages you are installing.
And yes, Termux uses Debian apt package manager.
Thanks, that was definitely the missing piece in my understanding.
Though they recommend to use their pkg wrapper instead right?
Just to put it out here. Termux has
proot-distrothat allows you to run qite a few distros as containers. Technically not a VM afaik. I find it useful, because it is sometimes simpler to wipe that instead of reinstalling Termux.You never needed a VM to run Linux apps on Android. Android can run Linux apps because it is already a Linux operating system. This is like referring to a docker container as “running Linux on Debian” or whatever.
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If by Linux you mean “literally everything except Linux” though, then sure. But I prefer to say what I mean and mean what I say
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Linux, the kernel, is the thing that containers run on top of. The container does not actually contain an instance of Linux, it shares it with the host.
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Is it possible to have a no-graphical session ? Boot on tmux directly for example ? That’s could be great!
I would imagine so.
we really need a user friendly gui app tgat can finish tge whole setup into a linux environment quickly and easily. think of it like carlimaries installer for linux on Android
This, apart from the home assistant use, may be a great solution for an all in one klipper setup for 3d printers (I currently use a RasPi, and a tablet as a touchscreen), or installed inside a chunky keyboard, paired with one of these USB C all in one hubs as a PC in a keyboard build,. Neat.
Any way to hook old phones to an external screen without wifi? Because that’d make this even better
Is Termux an operating system by itself?
It’s not, it is a terminal emulator application for Android that creates a Linux-like environment.
