You say this matter of factly and yet I've seen countless people talk about using termux more than a desktop shell.
Maybe iPhone is different but most phones you can connect a keyboard to, making the shell pretty usable. Not my cup of tea but I have tried it. I'm still holding out on the dream that a good Linux phone might exist one day.
Re:John Ternus to become Apple CEO
by charcircuit on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @09:44PM
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In the grand scheme of things very little people use Termux on Android out of the billions of people who use Android. Additionally Termux's design is not aligned with Android's app model which has caused many headaches for them. Trying to force a terminal to exist on a phone is possible but it is being forced and is not a natural product that would exist if one was trying to design the best user experience.
Re:John Ternus to become Apple CEO
by throwaway173738 on Monday April 20, 2026 @06:02PM
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I’m very upset that iOS doesn’t support using a phone as a jump box.
A shell is perfectly useful on a touchscreen device.
> a 50 year old computing model onto a phone
What? Do you think command lines are based on the lambda calculus or something?
Lambda calculus was more like 90 years ago
Re:John Ternus to become Apple CEO
by charcircuit on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @09:28PM
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50 years ago people interacted with computers using actual terminals.
iOS comes with a text editor built in. Memo.
Ssh server doesn't make sense for an iPhone. How would that even work? It wouldn't be able to do anything or be a worse experience than something properly designed for the user rather than trying to force a 50 year old computing model onto a phone.