The Linux Terminal app now has a tabbed interface in Android 16 Beta 3. Here's what it looks like and how you can activate it yourself.

TL;DR

  • Google has added a tabbed interface to the Terminal app in Android 16 Beta 3.
  • The Terminal app lets you run Linux apps in a virtual machine on your Android device.
  • Adding tabs makes it easier to multitask, as you can issue commands without having to wait for a process to complete.
  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    This is like giving a bandaid to someone who just broke their fucking femur. I want actual linux and open source on my phone not a container that runs debian.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      It’s a real VM, not a container. Chances are you can run containers on top of the VM. Haven’t tried.

        • 01011@monero.townEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Physical keyboard. Debian Linux for mobile. It’s still my favorite smartphone ever.

            • 01011@monero.townEnglish
              1·
              5 months ago

              I did indeed. Kept using it for as long as I could until I was compelled to switch to Android/iOS. I dislike them both but Android is the lesser of two evils.

    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      0·
      5 months ago

      Isn’t Android open source? I like Linux, but I alternate being amazed by Linux and frustrated by how buggy the experience is. Everything on my Android phone / tablet just works effortlessly. But with Linux, it is a crap shoot. My Linux audio drivers kept popping my speakers and it took me hours to figure out the bug. Then when I run wine for a game it randomly thinks it doesn’t have enough storage space. Or how Chrome was having memory leaks. Or all the times I have had to use special bash commands or directly edit configuration files

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        AOSP is

        Lineage OS is

        Google Android is mostly proprietary. The reason is they need to gather all the data they can for marketing.

      • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
        01·
        5 months ago

        Because it works on like 1% of phones? Im good with tech but not at the point where i could port something like that.

        • space_iio@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Okay so you want “actual linux and open source” AND it also needs to work on more than 1% of the phones?

          It’s like the people who complain about phones not having a SD card but they never buy the phones that actually do support them

          There are phones you can buy that run Linux in our open source check out the pinephone

          • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            “Okay so you want “actual linux and open source” AND it also needs to work on more than 1% of the phones?” Is this ironic or did you actually just tell me an argument that ive first seen in a meme? Why cant you have a modern phone that also has linux - because of the stupid corporations. Also same with sd cards. If you want a modern, high end phone with an sd card it just doesnt exist. You shouldnt have to compromise but capitalism forces you because at this point there are like 5 companies that make phones and all of them benefit from you suffering. If qualcomm offered proper support, phones could have linux support but they dont.