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Re:Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2022 edition by pjmlp on Monday August 08, 2022 @02:39PM (#32389269)
Go ask the Termux guys (and girls), how much fun they are having with Android's Linux experience.

The Linux kernel is not part of the official Android API surface for app developers, only for OEMs.

Anything that works, is out of sheer luck, might work only on specific devices, or be killed by Zygote and system linker, when the application tries to be naughty and steer away from the official Java/Kotlin/NDK APIs.

Termux is stuck on Android 9 compatibility, until they are no longer allowed to publish such old API level on the store.

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Re:Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2022 edition by ducktective on Monday August 08, 2022 @02:52PM (#32389426)
>Termux is stuck on Android 9 compatibility, until they are no longer allowed to publish such old API level on the store.

I think they've already discontinued support for Google play and ask users to install Termux from F-Droid.

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Re:Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2022 edition by pjmlp on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:05PM (#32389587)
Eventually that will only work on rooted devices, as most of it is enforced at OS level.
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