The latest version of Android 15 on the Pixel devices lets you enable an experimental Terminal app and Debian VM. What are the fun use-cases of this, that you can think of? Let’s assume the finalised version of this feature will include the ability for sound drivers and proper port mapping/forwarding.

  • Running web servers off your phone might become feasible
  • Basic light development work
  • Use to easily SSH to other clients if needed
  • Already proven it can run DOOM

There’s bound to be many more use-cases as this feature expands, and especially when Android replaces ChromeOS in the future.

    • @nesc@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      1•12 days ago

      Well if ika1988 says so.

      That was not about root access, but full access to hardware features.

      • @lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2•12 days ago

        Well right now it’s still just a VM and whilst you have root access you can’t access anything on your phone as it appears to be sandboxed.

        This is what they said. I misunderstood and I’ll own that, but I read this as them wanting host filesystem access. Which is an obvious no-no for VMs.