WhiteOakBayou comments on linux-android: turn any old Android phone into a Linux desktop or a smart home server

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (7 children)

This doesn't look like another alpine vm. But maybe I misread the install script. I see it uses apt so some sort of Debian base? If so, no root, GPU accelerated, not virtualized, Linux on Android is quite the accomplishment.

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[–] pelya@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's an installer for Termux packages. You can do the same thing manually in Termux shell, if you know the names of packages you are installing.

And yes, Termux uses Debian apt package manager.

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[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Thanks, that was definitely the missing piece in my understanding.

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[–] T4V0@lemmy.pt 2 points 6 months ago

Though they recommend to use their pkg wrapper instead right?

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[–] TruePe4rl@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago

Just to put it out here. Termux has proot-distro that allows you to run qite a few distros as containers. Technically not a VM afaik. I find it useful, because it is sometimes simpler to wipe that instead of reinstalling Termux.

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[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 7 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

You never needed a VM to run Linux apps on Android. Android can run Linux apps because it is already a Linux operating system. This is like referring to a docker container as "running Linux on Debian" or whatever.

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[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

If by Linux you mean "literally everything except Linux" though, then sure. But I prefer to say what I mean and mean what I say

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[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 1 point 6 months ago

Linux, the kernel, is the thing that containers run on top of. The container does not actually contain an instance of Linux, it shares it with the host.