My themed Android keyboard is spacy. Jack Wallen/ZDNET
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Android now supports a full Debian-powered Linux terminal environment.
You can enable and install the terminal through developer options.
Users can run commands like SSH and install Linux packages on Android.
I knew it was only a matter of time before Android had its own terminal app.
Little did I know that Google would use the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF) to run a local virtual machine powered by Debian to give users access to a lot of powerful commands, even a package manager, and I am 100% on board with the addition.
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With the Linux terminal on Android, you can do so much more (assuming you are comfortable with the Linux command line). If this sounds like something you want to add to your Android phone, keep reading and you will find out how.
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