From d41fb2af0e1a7974bbb8fabc4ffaadf345753e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillem Borrell Nogueras Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2022 23:48:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'Linux desktop in an old Android tablet.' --- Linux-desktop-in-an-old-Android-tablet..md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Linux-desktop-in-an-old-Android-tablet..md diff --git a/Linux-desktop-in-an-old-Android-tablet..md b/Linux-desktop-in-an-old-Android-tablet..md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..caa4050 --- /dev/null +++ b/Linux-desktop-in-an-old-Android-tablet..md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +I bought a cheap tablet some years ago, a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016). It's very modest in terms of performance: 8 cores (although only 4 of them are actually useful), and 2 GB of RAM, but it's still useful. + +I used to run some linux applications with [Termux](https://termux.dev/en/), but all my attempts to update the application were unsuccessful. Termux used to be available in the Playstore, but now I have to install F-droid, and enable a good amount of additional permissons just for an unsuccessful install attempt. + +Running the usual linux userspace applications is really useful to test systems stuff and I don't have any linux server handy, so I decided to spend a couple more hours finding an alternative. + +I found [UserLAnd](https://userland.tech/), a tiny application that allows to run multiple linux distributions and applications in Android. It's simpler and it provides more features than Termux. What you want a linux distro running in Android, you I tried to run the desktop version of Ubuntu, but I was unsuccessful too, so I went the hacker way. \ No newline at end of file