5 things to do with the Linux terminal on your Android phone - including my favorite

Jack Wallen/ZDNET If you have a phone running Android 15, you can enable a full-blown Linux terminal that includes many of the commands you're used to running on Linux, and I have to say that it's pretty cool. Before we go any further, I want to mention what you can't do with the Linux terminal on Android. You can't install GUI apps without serious work. I've tried running GUI apps and found they simply wouldn't start. I know there have been successful attempts at installing apps like Doom on the new terminal, but it is no easy feat. Also: 5 Linux terminal apps better than your default With that disappointment in check, I decided to figure out what this new feature could do for me and you. In a word: Plenty... if you don't mind using the command line. Let me explain how I used this new addition. Hopefully, you'll find something the terminal app can do for you. 1. SSH In my piece on how to start using the new Linux terminal on your Android device, I walked you through enabling the ... Read full article.