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.
RDPing from Android into the VM after installing a desktop environment:
Just discovered this and want to try a full linux desktop. But what RDP you installed app for this?
aRDP - it’s open source and despite the ugly UI it works very well.
newbie question but why use rdp instead of VNC? is RDP better for this purpose?
I think RDP is better in general. Ubuntu for example changed its default desktop sharing to RDP from VNC a couple of LTSes ago.
aRDP is crashing or closing my connection. So i tried Avnc (FDroid) and it feels ok but need to test further
If you report a bug for this, there’s a decent chance it would get fixed.
Im good with AVNC. So far, i find it similar performance with aRDP.
Hey guys, is sound working for you? I installed xfce but i get no sound card error. lspci shows no audio device.
So I tried this just now, and it works. It looks pretty good at first glance. Proper Debian VM, can listen on ports, can access files under Downloads. It just takes 10-20 seconds to start and a few to stop.
would you switch over from termux for this? for performance or something else?
It’s a debian VM, much better than messing with the android system. All I want now is bridged mode for the network adapters
ITT: nobody understands the difference between this and Termux
I also don’t really see a point to it
That’s fine, but there is a big difference between the two. Termux is a terminal emulator for the host operating system, while this is a VM running a completely separate guest operating system - Debian 12, in this case. ARM version, but still Debian.
