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>>tosh+(OP)
Termux is the first app I install on every Android device I get my hands on. It's astonishingly capable.

I have a Bluetooth keyboard case for my Android tablet. All the time, I use Termux to ssh into my Linux machine over my home network and code on it in Neovim from my couch.

I don't bother with the default notes app on my phone. Termux + Neovim running vimwiki and syncing to a private GitHub repo is way better.

Most stuff you want at the CLI is in the Termux package repository. On the occasions when it isn't, you can install clang, make, cmake, ninja, whatever libraries you need, and build it from source. At that point most stuff just works.

Termux is incredible and single-handedly keeps me running Android.

>>cfigge+nb
I beleive Android 16 now comes with termux-like Linux environment that can be enabled via developer settings menu.

>>harvie+Hk
Yeah but it sucks. There's a button in its settings to install a Debian chroot environment; gave it a go and it bricked itself, had to clear the app's storage and factory reset it.

>>functi+5t
Add to this list that it tends to not work while connected via a VPN. Not sure why but this makes me very skeptical of it.

>>getpok+Vv
Probably because their handling of VM networking isn't very robust.

>>JoshTr+7Z
Why should booting a Linux VM require network access right away.

>>getpok+xY1
Probably because it's trying to establish a network connection, and it might be running a networking setup that blocks until the network is up. Also, it's trying to run networking with the host so it can run things like the storage balloon driver and mounting the host filesystem.