Termux alternative?

DRNewcomb

When I first installed GOS, I mentioned that I liked Termux and was informed that Termux was bad for various technical reasons and that there was soon to be a better, cleaner, safer alternative but that it had to be included in the OS. I forgot the details of the conversation. Does anyone know about this?

raccoondad

DRNewcomb the Linux development environment can be enabled in your settings

proclaim

Maybe the Android default terminal .
But for now I find it buggy, also not friendly with VPN , and I use VPN 24/7 .

Other option is rent VPS, then you can use some Ssh Android clients , to login and make fun with your server from phone.

Lucian

proclaim Maybe the Android default terminal .

Isn't it a lot more risky to run commands on the system Terminal that could probably also run on Termux which is in a sandbox?

Eirikr70

I would suggest ConnectBot if the Android terminal is not ready, but I suppose it might meet the same drawbacks as Termux...

DRNewcomb

Thanks, everyone, for the update. This seems like what was being discussed about a year ago. Sorry that I don't keep my ear to the ground for changes like this.

Revliss

I found an old app: Alpine Term. Similar to Termux but it does have some bugs and quirks.

Johnnyloans

Stairs are also technically dangerous.
Any one with an actual security vulnerability can post onto github.

Termux is safe. Use the official repository for getting extra packages.

About low target sdk:
I guess don't ssh into random servers you haven't seen before?
GOS has patched android APIs. It' not like we are running years old everything.

DeletedUser688

Just use the Linux development environment. It can be enabled in the developer options

NoahRaketic

Lucian No. The development "Terminal" app is a virtual machine with no privileged access to the system.

Lucian

NoahRaketic No. The development "Terminal" app is a virtual machine with no privileged access to the system.

So its sandboxed like Termux?

dabvi6e1

If you can do what you want to do with Termux, use Termux. It's quite battle-tested at this point, has better UX, fewer bugs (eg. no VPN issues), and is more efficient than the new built-in VM. Want to do SSH stuff or Ollama or compile code, Termux is great.

However, the native VM has more potential. It can run more or less any Debian package, and it has native GUI mode with (on Pixel 10s) hardware acceleration, instead of going through VNC tunneling. So I would choose it if I had external keyboard/mouse/monitor(s) and wanted to run Krita or DaVinci Resolve or other big GUI tools.