kinda a small nitpick but it's not really like dosbox, dosbox is a full x86 emulator.

termux is basically a terminal emulator (like xterm, konsole, alacritty) that comes with unixy tools compiled in the native android toolchain.

That's good to read.

I am a programmer, but not a mobile one. I haven't tried termux nor found a need for it. Sorry.

Went to double-check both things.

About root, I think I got it confused with two different things at the same time, termux-setup-storage, and the external storage specifically requiring root to work (first paragraph after the data table).

About (not) being a Linux distro, reading deeper into it, it sounds a lot like DOSBox, which is also a terminal emulator which can run programs for the system it pretends to be while using the host system's file system.

Termux first needs the phone to be rooted to properly interact with anything outside of its $HOME, including Android's user's internal storage and SD card

this is false, termux does not need root for most things including accessing internal storage (/sdcard)

Termux is a Linux distro heavily adapted to work as an Android program, but that makes commands familiar; if you used Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc., commands follow the same structure as apt's, but using pkg instead

this is also not true, it's not a linux distro, it's just *nixy tools natively compiled for android. thus for example it uses android native libc. apt command also still works on termux, as pkg is a wrapper around apt.

Tutorial, I can't remember, but I do remember some pointers:

• Termux first needs the phone to be rooted to properly interact with anything outside of its $HOME, including Android's user's internal storage and SD card
• Iirc Termux lists useful packages in its default text, including the one for being able to interact with root
• Termux is a Linux distro heavily adapted to work as an Android program, but that makes commands familiar; if you used Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc., commands follow the same structure as apt's, but using pkg instead

My problem has been resolved in another thread.

Are you a programmer by the way ??

Do you know of any tutorial which teaches me how to use the termux app on my android phone ??

What don't you understand?

Your OS might be killing (outright or effectively) your app - check dontkillmyapp.com for possible solutions. Or the app doesn't have notifications enabled at the app and system level.

https://f-droid.org/packages/net.thunderbird.android

it's basically a K-9 rebrand for now.

FairEmail pops up notifications of new emails for me

Thanks. Will give it a shot!

On android? Couldn't find it on f-droid

try K-9 Mail, it has a configurable background syncing: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9

Thunderbird?

Happy 10th, izzyondroid!

Kepp going Google. Maybe this will get the EU to sue you too.

So not a leak then?

LOL, they're going to spend all this money thinking people will switch, but they need proper desktop virtualization for that to happen.

Source for the number of users@ also aurora is a replacement store, google would still call it sideloading to scare users even if the install mechanism is store based

I didn’t say “nobody”, I said “practically nobody”, and that’s exactly the amount of users of those OSes/stores. Out of ≈7B smartphone users, even being giga-generous, maybe ≈1M use them (realistically, it's a fraction of that). That’s ≈0.014%, about the same ratio of people getting struck by lightning annually, or, you know, practically nobody.

The guardian project, f-droid, aurora store, etc etc would disagree with your statement that nobody installs outside of the playstore. GrapheneOS, /E/OS etc don't even have playstore as a default store, you choose to install the playstore if you want Google in your life

Not buying applications from monopoly markets isn't side-loading. Teach your friends & family about the pathetic semantic games they play. Your device - your rules! Stop worrying about warranty & all this would make sense.

I have a few years old Pinephone in a drawer I never really got around to using, because back then the state of phone Linux easn't really usable. Failed calls, issues with battery life and the like.

Does anyone knows if it got better?

You basically do already. Most cheaper PCs come with S mode enabled from the store. Turning it off requires accepting a scary disclaimer that it's a permanent change and you're likely to fuck up your computer.

I have to be honest though, I kinda like it for older relatives that I can't convince to switch to Linux. Prevents tech support calls to me. And if Android was setup the same way with a one time prompt, I'd be perfectly happy.

Way back in the day when it was introduced, I had no idea what they meant with sideloading. Then when I understood that it was installing software, I thought that there had to be some form of special process or something like that, because it had such a strange name...

Then I figured out it's just a ploy so that people don't get any ideas about their phone actually being theirs, and that it's just installing software as far as they allow you to, on your own fucking device.

It's all about control, yet again

Fuck these fucktards.