alt Hacker NewsThe Linux terminal app on Android reddits are full of reports of instability. It is far from being useful as far as I understand. I had so much hope for this being a good way to use my phone as a portal for development, but it's a dud. At least we have termux and proot.
Termux itself is a red-headed step-child on Android, with current releases installable only from F-Droid, and quite possibly subject to further restrictions in future.
Mind: Termux is the only thing on Android which has not precisely sucked in my own 15+ years' experience with the platform. It remains both crippled and emperiled by the OS and Google.
<https://web.archive.org/web/20210103151837/https://wiki.term...>
There's ... some Google Play availability as of June 2024: <https://github.com/termux/termux-app/discussions/4000>.
F-Droid's own future viability is at risk given Google's recent Android directions:
<https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/googles-requirement-for-...>.
My own interests lie more in the ability to run Android emulated under Linux, and switching from phone / tablet devices to a small form-factor laptop (Framework 12 or 13 most likely) for on-the-go computing.