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Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS
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this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2024
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Chromebooks have the advantage of being mostly a laptop with a keyboard, mouse-analog and largish screen... Phones don't really have that, so it seems an odd choice to me. Especially for a platform which is hostile to giving users permissions to install software on their own devices.
I've been using Termux for years and there are a lot of nice things you can do. Also, a lot of nice tablets have good keyboards.
Yeah but to do that one thing that you really want to do, you need root and daddy says no.
If it's anything like Chrome OS, you have full root in the VM.
Giving full admin privileges over device? Doubt it.
I mean if you want root, just buy an unlocked phone. You can run Lineage OS on the Pixel phones just fine. Full root access. This VM system has nothing to do with that.