Re:My Watch Runs GNU/Linux
by davexunit on Friday January 06, 2017 @09:18AM
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Unfortunately there is no GNU on iOS or Android. Every open a terminal on an Android phone and wonder why things just don't feel like the GNU/Linux systems you're used to? It's because it uses things like busybox instead of the GNU coreutils.
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Not to mention what happens if you decide you would like to start writing a little program (as one does on a real Unix system) and realize that you are in a sandbox designed to prevent you from doing that unless you use all the official SDK stuff through Dalvik, which has a completely different flavor and set of capabilities.
Sure, I have a very awesome computer that cost hundreds of dollars but I can't really use it because... somebody said so?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux
Zsh, bash, make, clang, SSH, Python, vim...
Their package selection is small compared to debian, but still quite nice.