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3w ago

Android's Linux Terminal app adds tabs so you can multitask more easily

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Android's Linux Terminal app adds tabs so you can multitask more easily

TL;DR

Google has added a tabbed interface to the Terminal app in Android 16 Beta 3.
The Terminal app lets you run Linux apps in a virtual machine on your Android device.
Adding tabs makes it easier to multitask, as you can issue commands without having to wait for a process to complete.

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What do we think is Google's motivation for adding this?
- Supposedly Google would have better time taking care of just one consumer OS instead of two, so Android is getting some PC features so that it will be able to replace ChromeOS in the future.
  
  Shoulda done that a long time ago. Do we think it will be released with accompanying hardware? Something similar to a NexDock or Razer's Linda hardware?
  
  It's part of AOSP so whoever ships Android probably could expose it to the user.

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