[HN Gopher] Termux: Linux Applications on Android
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       Termux: Linux Applications on Android
        
       Author : matheusmoreira
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2023-11-19 12:27 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | pjmlp wrote:
       | As usual don't forget that Android/Linux isn't GNU/Linux,
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       | https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/wiki/Termux-and-An...
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       | https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis
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       | https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/master/an...
        
         | remram wrote:
         | I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Termux is about
         | bringing GNU and other apps to Android, no need to build
         | against the NDK you linked.
        
           | pjmlp wrote:
           | Read the first link why Termux cannot do Android 10 and
           | later.
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           | Later editions have more restrictions in place, after the
           | safe systems programming effort has started.
        
             | forgotpwd16 wrote:
             | > Read the first link why Termux cannot do Android 10 and
             | later.
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             | Because of the addition of SELinux ruleset restricting a
             | system call. This has nothing to do with whether Android
             | uses GNU or is similar to desktop Linux. Can enable SELinux
             | and this configuration on a GNU/Linux system just fine.
        
             | remram wrote:
             | Is that what you were trying to say? If that's the case,
             | I'm happy to report that you are misinformed: they have
             | worked around that. Termux works flawlessly on my Android
             | 14 phone.
        
               | a_JIT_pie wrote:
               | Same, used it just yesterday on Android 12.
        
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