I don't think this will be useful in the long run.
Using termux to ssh into my dev box already gets me access to a full Linux machine. I also think it's preferable relative to what Google is doing here creating a VM under a VM with weird bugs.
Using termux to ssh into my dev box already gets me access to a full Linux machine. I also think it's preferable relative to what Google is doing here creating a VM under a VM with weird bugs.
Its already to the point where Termux is only available on F-droid, & is stuck on Android 9 levels of the SDK.
I also think there's different use cases than an ssh app. If you just need an ssh app, then why even bother with Termux (because .ssh/config is a pretty well known is somewhat of an answer but still doesn't require termux).
Supposedly Android has Wayland support too. Being able to run a VM witg GUI Linux apps is potentially very exciting. With hope it sparks real interest, increases the amount of people using Linux, alike how WSL2 has done.
You still need to run your ssh client somehow, and last time I looked termux+openssh was straight-up a nicer experience than anything else I could find on Android (which I always found funny, but there it is).
It's not a VM running under a VM, but instead uses Linux (p)KVM.
The java bytecode gets translated to a different virtual machine, dalvik/dex (iirc) so no jvm involved.
Other than that, afaik, there’s also a native development kit if you need to call into native code (c/c++/whatever).
BTW, Termux is awesome, but it has its downsides, like no proper thumb drive support due to Android SAF limitations. Yesterday, I went down the rabbit hole trying to access a CircuitPython virtual flash drive via SSH using Termux. (I actually opened this post hoping for something on that, but nope.)