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Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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744 points mikenew | 1 comments | 14 May 25 15:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.273s | source
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aucisson_masque ◴[17 May 25 22:48 UTC] No.44017593[source]▶
I think the next version of Android is supposed to include a terminal that can run Linux.

I don't know the specifics but it would be better than having to root the phone and use chroot.

It's sad that a phone running java on top of Linux isn't able to run Linux app without big downside like termux and proot. Hopefully it changes.

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1. kllrnohj ◴[17 May 25 23:20 UTC] No.44017733[source]▶
> It's sad that a phone running java on top of Linux isn't able to run Linux app

It can. It just can't run something expecting glibc, X11, Wayland, or any of the other large number of userspace libraries that Android doesn't have.

But a pure Linux app works no problem. Just shell in and run it, easy.