The Linux Terminal app, which runs Linux apps in a virtual machine, now has tabs in Android 16 Beta 3
The Android Linux Terminal app is now widely available for Pixel users running the March 2025 update, allowing them to carry a Debian-based Linux instance with them.
With Developer mode enabled on your Pixel 8 Pro, you can proceed as follows:
- Navigate to Settings: Go to your device's Settings app.
- System Settings: Scroll down and tap on "System."
- Developer Options: Tap on "Developer options."
- Linux Development Environment: Look for the option to toggle on the "Linux development environment." Tap the switch to enable it.
- Linux Terminal App: Once the environment is enabled, you should see the Linux Terminal app icon appear on your home screen or in your app list.
- Allow Download: Tap the Linux Terminal app icon. You will be prompted to allow a 567MB download. Confirm the download.
After the download is complete, you should be able to open the terminal and start running basic commands.
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The PicoCalc is a new handheld with a retro design, featuring a QWERTY keyboard, a 4-inch display, and a mainboard designed to accommodate a Raspberry Pi Pico. It is available for $75 from the Clockwork Pi store.
Charm makes the command line glamorous with tools like Huh for interactive forms, Lip Gloss for styling, and Glow for markdown reading. They offer various libraries and applications for building terminal user interfaces.
Google has improved Android 16’s Linux Terminal to run graphical Linux apps such as Doom, thanks to new features like hardware acceleration support and a display server. These upgrades are not yet available in the latest Android 16 beta, but they may arrive in future updates. The goal is to transform Android into a PC operating system capable of running desktop-class programs.
Save 90% of time searching and browsing logs with Logdy, a tool that provides a powerful and secure UI for log management, supporting any format and offering a low-code TypeScript log parser.
A new plugin for sqlite-utils CLI tool called sqlite-utils-ask allows users to ask human-language questions directly of SQLite databases and CSV/JSON files, using an LLM to generate SQL queries and execute them.
gptme is a personal AI assistant in your terminal, enabling it to use the terminal, run code, edit files, browse the web, use vision, and more. It assists in all kinds of knowledge-work, especially programming.
An email machine, the Cidco MailStation, is repurposed as a terminal using the Z80 processor and msTERM application. The WiFiStation dongle enables network communication.
- Hardware: Z80 processor, 128KB RAM, 0.5MB flash, modem, parallel port, RTC, QWERTY keyboard.
- Code Loading: Built-in hex editor or loader program via parallel port.
- Dev Env: OpenBSD laptop, C/Z80 assembly, SDCC compiler, upload via parallel port.
- msTERM: Stein's terminal program for BBS communication, custom ISR, modified font.
- Get Started: Stein's released msTERM code, example project, WiFi adapter option."
