This is a VM running using KVM hypervisor. Termux is limited in what applications are available, and it should be much faster than anything using proot.
Cool to have it as a native feature, but these projects have been around for awhile too. Is there going to be a bigger difference by using this new feature vs one of these projects?
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/
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Kind of like the protective barrier that it provides. The Nix-On-Droid has a shit ton of apps available though. Plus being able to virtualize many other linux distros with AnLinux is nice too.
I think it will be interesting to see what the differences in native performance will be. I wonder what level of access we can expect to have?
Will this finally give us root out of the box?
It's a VM with it's own kernel, running Debian. From what I can see it has no access to Android, that's the point of a VM. It ties into Google's push to replace ChromeOS with Android. This is a feature ChromeOS already has.
https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en
I've used termux for a long time, it's a great tool. Any of the proot tools I have always found to be extremely flaky and not worth the bother.
Some technical info
https://source.android.com/docs/core/virtualization
In the future AnLinux or tools like it should be able to utilize this.
Ahh. No root. Still pretty fucking cool though.