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Re:Termux: Linux Applications on Android by pjmlp on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:10PM (#38338067)
Read the first link why Termux cannot do Android 10 and later.

Later editions have more restrictions in place, after the safe systems programming effort has started.

Re:Termux: Linux Applications on Android by forgotpwd16 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:55PM (#38338651)
> Read the first link why Termux cannot do Android 10 and later.

Because of the addition of SELinux ruleset restricting a system call. This has nothing to do with whether Android uses GNU or is similar to desktop Linux. Can enable SELinux and this configuration on a GNU/Linux system just fine.

Re:Termux: Linux Applications on Android by pjmlp on Monday November 20, 2023 @02:06AM (#38343723)
Not only, seccomp and other mechanisms actively killing use of non official APIs, or access to out of bounds system areas.
Re:Termux: Linux Applications on Android by remram on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:15PM (#38338917)
Is that what you were trying to say? If that's the case, I'm happy to report that you are misinformed: they have worked around that. Termux works flawlessly on my Android 14 phone.
Re:Termux: Linux Applications on Android by a_JIT_pie on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:37PM (#38339192)
Same, used it just yesterday on Android 12.
Re:Termux: Linux Applications on Android by bitwize on Sunday November 19, 2023 @08:14PM (#38340830)
Only because it's built against a previous API version which later versions of Android deign to support for now. Eventually it will pop up a scary "This app was built for an earlier version of Android and may not work properly" box; a short time later it will stop working altogether.

Android should really just go the "curated app store" route like Apple.

Re:Termux: Linux Applications on Android by matheusmoreira on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:57AM (#38362455)
> Android should really just go the "curated app store" route like Apple.

I'll buy an iPhone if Android goes down that path. If I must be in some walled garden, I'll choose the better kept garden.

Remote attestation is bad enough but breaking Termux will be the last straw for me.