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Re:Show HN: Termux – Terminal emulator and Unix environment ... by erikb on Saturday July 18, 2015 @05:35AM (#9907086)
The main problem (imho) with Android is not the interface, but the input. We have a touch display and I have yet to see an interface that I would like to use 8h/day to do work with. The keyboards they blend in are better than anything we had in the past for mobile devices, but they just don't cut it if you want to work. For example a shortcut is likely not "touch ctrl" then "touch a" then "touch k" then "touch y" (exit from screen). A shortcut might be a drawn out pattern (I guess).

Another solution might include sounds, interacting with the microphone. Or using the camera and recognizing gestures. There are many things the traditional computer doesn't have. And in exchange we don't have on a mobile device what we have on a computer: a desk to put a keyboard on.

I already have a terminal for Android, SSH, IDEs, etc. But where are people on making the text (or command) come from my head into the app?

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Re:Show HN: Termux – Terminal emulator and Unix environment ... by ilaksh on Saturday July 18, 2015 @06:57AM (#9907227)
Try Hacker's Keyboard. Or a real bluetooth keyboard.

I now actually prefer the Hacker's Keyboard on my Nexus 6 in portrait because the regular keyboard takes a lot of energy and generally is a hassle and really loud.

I do all of my programming and everything on Android for the last 4 months.

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Re:Show HN: Termux – Terminal emulator and Unix environment ... by sz4kerto on Saturday July 18, 2015 @08:01AM (#9907345)
> I do all of my programming and everything on Android for the last 4 months.

On a Nexus 6? Or on a 9-inch tablet? Why?

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Re:Show HN: Termux – Terminal emulator and Unix environment ... by ilaksh on Sunday July 19, 2015 @08:32AM (#9910972)
I used a 7 inch tablet and now my Nexus. I just need a terminal and/or ssh window and a browser. I have also been sshing into my Linode so maybe that's cheating.

But I can do that stuff fine on a tablet/phablet. Laptop is really big and heavy and uses 2-10x as much energy. Seems outdated. And typing is really loud.

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