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GNU/Linux, then? That's still not quite right - Alpine is perfectly good - but I'm not aware of a nice short term for "user-respecting open source unixy system".


>GNU/Linux, then?

You can install a terminal emulator like termux and install a GNU userspace bash, coreutils, etc.


Kind of, unless Termux folks come to accept Android's userspace is Java, you'll be doing that on legacy Android versions or rooted devices.

These are the only APIs a NDK shared object file is allowed to call.

https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis


And grafting a GNU userspace back on top does make the system lot more useful, but you're still undermined by the base operating being designed with user control as a non-goal. Heh, maybe "Freedom/Linux"?




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