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

閱讀中文版 Running postmarketOS and Phosh on Android phone without rooting or flashing a custom ROM. I’ve taken the unofficial and weird approach of running postmarketOS on Termux Proot, so that we can run mobile Linux on Android. A video demonstration. Phosh + postmarketOS runs on Sony Xperia 10 V Android 14.

Moreover, the entry barrier for installing postmarketOS is very high, and for many mobile phone users, they can’t even unlock the bootloader, so it’s impossible to flash a custom ROM. Finally, let’s talk about Phosh, a desktop environment developed by Purism, a free software company, designed for Linux phones. Because most Android phones don’t have keyboard and mouse, so if you run XFCE, KDE Plasma, GNOME and other traditional Linux desktops in Termux X11, it would be very awkward.

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