We didn't expect Google to do this. 😳
https://news.itsfoss.com/google-android-linux-terminal/
Wow! Google is Working On Running a Native Linux Terminal App on Your Android Device!
Google engineers are up to something interesting here. Let's find out!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
el_haych2024
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Jupiter
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Mmmm, Google have been playing 'the long game' for years i think.
With AOSP and Google Android under their belt and Pixel phones also in their stable, they are really the only company able to take on Apple in the mobile market.
However, if they also developed a cross-platform Google Linux distro, they could implement their own eco-system across the board's, similar to Apple but without the MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, etc, etc,... bottleneck.
Afterall, something radical needs to happen to reign in Apple.
Watching with interest.
#Linux
Sorro
in reply to It's FOSS • • •On a phone, it might not be very comfortable to use
On the other hand, this on a tablet + wireless keyboard could work well as a laptop
And seeing how the best value-price of productivity devices is usually on tablets, going as low as 150€ for a new samsung tablet with usable enough RAM and CPU and quite good battery, this could add the usefulness value that tablets were missing
Honestly, ever since android 12L, Google's priority seems to have become making tablets very appealing