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A comment on Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and syscall translation. Parent comment

Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by anticensor on Monday November 12, 2018 @05:30AM (#18431710)
You have something called loopback.
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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by saagarjha on Monday November 12, 2018 @05:34AM (#18431730)
…which requires your device to listen to SSH connections, right? This isn't something your iPad is doing.
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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by anticensor on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:09AM (#18431871)
You would jailbreak your iThing and install ssh server.
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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by saagarjha on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:19AM (#18431913)
If you're jailbroken, you can just spawn a shell. No need to do a SSH loopback dance.
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