5 ways to use the Linux terminal on your Android phone - including my favorite

You can do a lot with the Linux terminal app for Android - if you don't mind using the command line. Here are five things to try first.

If you have a phone running Android 15, you can enable a full-blown Linux terminal that includes many of the commands you're used to running on Linux, and I have to say that it's pretty cool.

Before we go any further, I want to mention what you can't do with the Linux terminal on Android. You can't install GUI apps without serious work. I've tried running GUI apps and found they simply wouldn't start. I know there have been successful attempts at installing apps like Doom on the new terminal, but it is no easy feat.

Also: With Android 16, the Linux terminal gets all the space it needs

With that disappointment in ...