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by derekzhouzhen 69 days ago
This is exactly Termux's point, to subvert Android into linux cheaply. Same for MinGW or MSYS2. I want to invest as few as possible on Andriod or Windows, while still able to use them in the way that I prefer.
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I don't see cloning UNIX every piece of hardware with a CPU as positive, so it isn't a valid point for me.

As computer nerd I favour diversity just like I had the pleasure to enjoy during the 8 and 16 bit home computing days.

Vertical integration of computers with a soul, full stack experience.

“Using UNIX is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy.”

— Rob Pike

That's your use case.

Mine is that the Unix environment is a preferred one, particularly on a device which is nominally a Unix derivative (Linux -> Android) but which fails to deliver in its stock incarnation.

Termux doesn't solve that problem entirely, but it does remarkably well given the underlying limitations.