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James Haywood
Termux is FANTASTIC, but this version is outdated (I belive due to opaque Google policy BS.) For the best experience, download the APK from F-Droid. Also, if you have a phone that uses "swipe from edge to go back" gesture navigation, you'll have trouble accessing the navigation drawer. You can edit the "extra keys" above your keyboard in ~/.termux/termux.properties to have "DRAWER," which will give you a way to open and close it without swiping.
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A Google user
Words can't describe how happy this makes me. The most frustrating thing about mobile OSes is that they're so locked down. You can't even get the length of a block of text or see your files or check the time or edit text in a way that "they" don't want you to. But with Termux, you can drop into a Python shell, you can install what you want, you can use your phone like a personal computer because that's what it actually is. I hate the way consumer software is going but Termux gives me hope.
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A Google user
Probably the most useful app on my Android device! I can even run Jupyter notebooks using it with my phone as a server, which is fantastic. The inclusion of soft keys for things like the CTRL and ALT buttons in latest update is really helpful as I don't need to keep switching back and forth from Hacker's Keyboard. Great job and keep up the good work!
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