alt Hacker NewsA shell is not useful on a touch screen device.
iOS comes with a text editor built in. Memo.
Ssh server doesn't make sense for an iPhone. How would that even work? It wouldn't be able to do anything or be a worse experience than something properly designed for the user rather than trying to force a 50 year old computing model onto a phone.
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You say this matter of factly and yet I've seen countless people talk about using termux more than a desktop shell.
Maybe iPhone is different but most phones you can connect a keyboard to, making the shell pretty usable. Not my cup of tea but I have tried it. I'm still holding out on the dream that a good Linux phone might exist one day.
A shell is perfectly useful on a touchscreen device.
> a 50 year old computing model onto a phone
What? Do you think command lines are based on the lambda calculus or something?
I’m very upset that iOS doesn’t support using a phone as a jump box.