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Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without a custom ROM (2024)

• yjftsjthsd-h 1y ago
  I actually tried to get PMOS support upstreamed: https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/issues/429 https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/issues/429 But unfortunately they didn't think it was different enough from Alpine and I didn't have the cycles to argue the point at the time. It would be really nice to get all of this packaged up to the point of being like 3 commands to go from just termux to a full PMOS on your Android phone, but it's a lot of different bits to get working together.
• saaspirant 1y ago
  Did anyone manage to install a Linux OS with proper desktop inside your Android phone? I tried a lot of open source tools written for this with Termux but when I tried to use it via vnc, I got a black screen and there was a black plus or dot iirc.
  • noosphr 1y ago
    https://github.com/termux/termux-x11 https://github.com/termux/termux-x11 By default it launches with xfce. The best tutorial for using it is: https://ivonblog.com/en-us/posts/termux-x11/ https://ivonblog.com/en-us/posts/termux-x11/ please ignore the pervy anime.
  • heavyset_go 1y ago
    > I got a black screen and there was a black plus or dot iirc. That happened because you started X but didn't start a display manager, window manager or desktop environment.
  • erelong 1y ago
    have you used this guide? https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot
• erelong 1y ago
  I guess I'm wondering what the advantage is with this over something like a proot-distro ubuntu distro running or what specific use cases that ubuntu / android / termux wouldn't otherwise cover (or really just use cases in general here)
  • yjftsjthsd-h 1y ago
    PMOS is designed to work on small screens, so for instance last I checked they were shipping a special Firefox configuration to make it fit on a phone screen reasonably well