baatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OSwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarecmeu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI just need sudo and a package manager The promise of the smart phone was a mini computer in your pocket. I think we got it, but then the vendor locked the user out of admin on their own bought and paid hardware 🤷♂️
minus-squareDerin@lemmy.beru.colinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoTry Termux, it’s great. While it doesn’t get you sudo, it does get you a package manager and a decent amount of programs. I use it and rclone to sync my cell phone’s photos to a S3 bucket.
minus-squareAce! _SL/S@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYou can totally use sudo if you’re rooted. Using su also allows you to acces your native shell instead of Termuxs
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoLast I looked you could pretty easily get root on many phones, just if you did you couldn’t use stuff that checks the device security If you want to carry two phones you could use one for banks and 2 factor authentication, and have root on the other
I just need sudo and a package manager
The promise of the smart phone was a mini computer in your pocket. I think we got it, but then the vendor locked the user out of admin on their own bought and paid hardware 🤷♂️
Try Termux, it’s great.
While it doesn’t get you sudo, it does get you a package manager and a decent amount of programs.
I use it and rclone to sync my cell phone’s photos to a S3 bucket.
You can totally use sudo if you’re rooted. Using su also allows you to acces your native shell instead of Termuxs
Last I looked you could pretty easily get root on many phones, just if you did you couldn’t use stuff that checks the device security
If you want to carry two phones you could use one for banks and 2 factor authentication, and have root on the other