what is termux

an isolated linux environment on your phone, offering most features you get from a traditional linux server or workstation except totally offline

how to get it

first install F-Droid and then install Termux from within the F-Droid app, and you'll probably want "Unexpected keyboard" or "Hacker's Keyboard" from F-Droid or Playstore as well

how to make it good

this will take 14 MB of your storage space.

copy and paste all of these commands at once to do some setup (copy from your browser, long-tap in termux and select paste)

apt update &&
apt -y upgrade &&
termux-setup-storage &&
apt -y install coreutils grep tar wget curl tmux htop unrar zip p7zip ncdu &&
wget -qO- https://ocv.me/dot/termux.tgz | tar -zxv &&
exit

after restarting termux you can install programs using apk add instead of apt install

so what did that do

• colour scheme that doesn't suck
• also themes for tmux and vim
• the a command which starts tmux
• the copyparty command starts a file server
• command history written to .bash.log
• launcher shortcuts to suspend mosh sessions

how do i torrent on my phone

apt install aria2

now you can first enter an appropriate folder like cd storage/movies and then aria2c 'http://some.com/porn.torrent' (remember apostrophes or quotes around links like that)

any other cool stuff

• mc, the file manager
• vim, the text editor
• clang, the c++ compiler
• mosh, the cellphone-friendly ssh
• ffmpeg, the audio/video converter
• run a mobile web-proxy for your PC