Vitor Pamplona on Nostr: For those wondering, this is different than Termux, Termux uses proot to create a ...
For those wondering, this is different than Termux, Termux uses proot to create a fake "root" without requiring Android's root privileges. The Debian on Android 15 uses AVF (virtualization, KVM on google pixels with tensor SoC, gunyah on devices with qualcomm SoC).
Because Termux runs natively using the Android kernel, most Linux software has to be re-compiled to use the NDK/Bionic instead of glibc/musl on most Linux systems. By running standard Linux inside a VM, most binaries compiled for arm64 can run as it would on say, a Raspberry Pi, and it has better isolation than running unsigned code directly in Android. Theoretically, this should be faster than Termux + PRoot.
Because Termux runs natively using the Android kernel, most Linux software has to be re-compiled to use the NDK/Bionic instead of glibc/musl on most Linux systems. By running standard Linux inside a VM, most binaries compiled for arm64 can run as it would on say, a Raspberry Pi, and it has better isolation than running unsigned code directly in Android. Theoretically, this should be faster than Termux + PRoot.