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Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without a custom ROM (2024)

https://ivonblog.com/en-us/posts/postmarketos-in-termux-proot/
40•user070223•3d ago

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yjftsjthsd-h•13h ago
I actually tried to get PMOS support upstreamed: https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/issues/429 But unfortunately they didn't think it was different enough from Alpine and I didn't have the cycles to argue the point at the time. It would be really nice to get all of this packaged up to the point of being like 3 commands to go from just termux to a full PMOS on your Android phone, but it's a lot of different bits to get working together.
saaspirant•10h ago
Did anyone manage to install a Linux OS with proper desktop inside your Android phone?

I tried a lot of open source tools written for this with Termux but when I tried to use it via vnc, I got a black screen and there was a black plus or dot iirc.

noosphr•10h ago
https://github.com/termux/termux-x11

By default it launches with xfce.

The best tutorial for using it is: https://ivonblog.com/en-us/posts/termux-x11/ please ignore the pervy anime.

heavyset_go•10h ago
> I got a black screen and there was a black plus or dot iirc.

That happened because you started X but didn't start a display manager, window manager or desktop environment.

erelong•9h ago
have you used this guide?

https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot

erelong•9h ago
I guess I'm wondering what the advantage is with this over something like a proot-distro ubuntu distro running

or what specific use cases that ubuntu / android / termux wouldn't otherwise cover

(or really just use cases in general here)

yjftsjthsd-h•7h ago
PMOS is designed to work on small screens, so for instance last I checked they were shipping a special Firefox configuration to make it fit on a phone screen reasonably well

Rust on Every GPU

https://rust-gpu.github.io/blog/2025/07/25/rust-on-every-gpu/
165•littlestymaar•2h ago•37 comments

Bringing a decade old bicycle navigator back to life with open source software

https://raymii.org/s/blog/Bringing_a_Decade_Old_Bicycle_Navigator_Back_to_Life_with_Open_Source_Software_and_DOOM.html
34•mtlynch•1h ago•2 comments

Do not download the app, use the website

https://idiallo.com/blog/dont-download-apps
1013•foxfired•14h ago•527 comments

Thailand's F-16s and Gripens jointly bomb Cambodian indirect fire positions

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/40053114
4•Gud•30m ago•1 comments

Breaking the WASM/JS communication performance barrier

https://github.com/ealmloff/sledgehammer_bindgen
23•weinzierl•3d ago•0 comments

Open Sauce is a confoundingly brilliant Bay Area event

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/open-sauce-confoundingly-brilliant-bay-area-event
150•rbanffy•3d ago•60 comments

It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA

https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/its-time-for-modern-css-to-kill-the-spa/
527•tambourine_man•15h ago•319 comments

CCTV footage captures the first-ever video of an earthquake fault in motion

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cctv-footage-captures-the-first-ever-video-of-an-earthquake-fault-in-motion-shining-a-rare-light-on-seismic-dynamics-180987034/
182•chrononaut•9h ago•25 comments

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/
60•sogen•5h ago•9 comments

The rise and fall of the Hanseatic League

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-hanseatic-league/
53•loeber•3d ago•15 comments

Keep Pydantic out of your Domain Layer

https://coderik.nl/posts/keep-pydantic-out-of-your-domain-layer/
21•erikvdven•3d ago•29 comments

Yes, the Book of PF, Fourth Edition Is Coming Soon

https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html
25•turtleyacht•3d ago•3 comments

The Append-and-Review Note

https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/the-append-and-review-note/
3•vinhnx•2d ago•0 comments

It's a DE9, not a DB9 (but we know what you mean)

https://news.sparkfun.com/14298
391•jgrahamc•23h ago•251 comments

Never write your own date parsing library

https://www.zachleat.com/web/adventures-in-date-parsing/
207•ulrischa•19h ago•251 comments

Why I do programming

https://esafev.com/notes/why-i-do-programming/
39•artmare•6h ago•12 comments

Why MIT switched from Scheme to Python (2009)

https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/link/2110/why-mit-switched-from-scheme-to-python
237•borski•20h ago•190 comments

Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU – 100x more efficient than Arm?

https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/efficient-computers-electron-e1-cpu
213•rpiguy•20h ago•82 comments

Animated Cursors

https://tattoy.sh/news/animated-cursors/
198•speckx•18h ago•41 comments

The future is not self-hosted

https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/
347•drew_lytle•1d ago•334 comments

Vanilla JavaScript support for Tailwind Plus

https://tailwindcss.com/blog/vanilla-js-support-for-tailwind-plus
260•ulrischa•18h ago•145 comments

Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/experimental-surgery-performed-by-ai-driven-surgical-robot/
97•horseradish•16h ago•105 comments

Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/25/discord-video-game-characters-age-verification-checks-uk-online-safety-act/
60•mediumdeviation•8h ago•51 comments

Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope

https://www.wired.com/story/steam-itchio-are-pulling-porn-games-censorship/
516•6d6b73•20h ago•676 comments

Developing our position on AI

https://www.recurse.com/blog/191-developing-our-position-on-ai
216•jakelazaroff•2d ago•68 comments

What is X-Forwarded-For and when can you trust it? (2024)

https://httptoolkit.com/blog/what-is-x-forwarded-for/
36•ayoisaiah•3d ago•10 comments

CO2 Battery

https://energydome.com/co2-battery/
140•xnx•20h ago•122 comments

The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. Thank the lab-grown variety

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lab-grown-diamonds-1.7592336
4•geox•25m ago•2 comments

Programming vehicles in games

https://wassimulator.com/blog/programming/programming_vehicles_in_games.html
280•Bogdanp•22h ago•62 comments

Show HN: Apple Health MCP Server

https://github.com/neiltron/apple-health-mcp
183•_neil•2d ago•36 comments