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• Apple downgrades new M2 iPad Air, 9-core GPU instead of 10-core

  > in software side of Ipad IOS, that is the biggest innovation in years That would be iSH, slow but functional Alpine Linux emulation for iOS. https://ish.app. - Source: Hacker News / about 12 hours ago

• Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says

  > Just imagine how much more versatile the iPad Pro would be if only you could run Linux VMs on it After installing https://ish.app for Alpine Linux emulation on iPad, one immediately comes up with use cases, even though it's excruciatingly slow. Hopefully Apple opens up the imminent M3 iPad Pros to run macOS and Linux VMs. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• How to copy a file between devices?

  Android: install termux, `pkg install openssh`, and preferably run `termux-setup-storage` to give it access to storage folders. iOS: I think https://ish.app/ ? - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• How Virtualisation came to Apple Silicon Macs

  This of course hasn't been true for years, eg: http://omz-software.com/pythonista/index.html And you can run a C compiler (or anything) inside https://ish.app/ too. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs

  There is an x86 virtual machkne running Linux available on the App Store now. https://ish.app/ Now would Apple allow a full blown Windows VM is a different question. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

UserLAnd mentions (10)

• Apple Introduces M4 Chip

  I get frustrated seeing this go into the iPad and knowing that we can't get a shell, and run our own binaries there. Not even as a VM like [UserLAnd](https://userland.tech). I could effectively travel with one device less in my backpack but instead I have to carry two M chips, two displays, batteries, and so on... It's great to see this tech moving forward but it's frustrating to not see it translate into a more... - Source: Hacker News / 26 days ago

• Do you think that it's real? I don't trust it just even by the fact it costs 2€...

  It's basically a Linux virtual machine on Android, running Linux applications - see https://userland.tech/ and https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=8617260147938950881. Source: 11 months ago

• Blog is hosted on my Android phone

  > I only wish Android phones would be more open to put a full Linux distro on them. You can: https://userland.tech/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• chromium driver not working on proot-distro (need snap ?!)

  Awesome, feel free to ask any other questions, I love discussing about anything Linux-relevant. I'll add and mention that UserLAnd might be useful for you. Link: https://userland.tech. Source: about 1 year ago

• Xubuntu on an Android Tablet

  Are you possibly using some chroot method? Like UserLAnd? Source: over 1 year ago