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Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS
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Chromebooks have the advantage of being mostly a laptop with a keyboard, mouse-analog and largish screen... Phones don't really have that, so it seems an odd choice to me. Especially for a platform which is hostile to giving users permissions to install software on their own devices.
If you dock your phone it will run with display keyboard and mouse. Not all phones support it though
IIRC, Android has always had native support for keyboards and mice. I remember connecting a bluetooth mouse to my old Nexus 4 running...Android 4, maybe 5? It worked out of the box. Saved my butt when the touch screen broke. :)
Can't say I've tried this in recent years but I think it still works, yeah?
Android runs on a LOT more then just phones, BlissOS/Android x86, Arcades, casinos, cars etc.
I've been using Termux for years and there are a lot of nice things you can do. Also, a lot of nice tablets have good keyboards.
Yeah but to do that one thing that you really want to do, you need root and daddy says no.
I'm on GrapheneOS and step-daddy says no as well
You can root Graphene if you want to, right?
If it's anything like Chrome OS, you have full root in the VM.
Giving full admin privileges over device? Doubt it.
Honestly you don't need root. You can enable root (assuming you are already running a custom ROM) but that should not be needed.
But who decides what I need? For instance, I want to toggle airplane mode. Without root: not allowed.
But Android tablets to.