Add desktop environment support using Termux X11

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Add desktop environment support using Termux X11 #49

Open nglmercer opened 3 days ago

nglmercer commented 3 days ago

I think it would be great to add support for running a desktop environment in the chroot distro using Termux X11..

Basic implementation would include:

Add Termux X11 dependencies:
Create a simple startup script:

Benefits:

Native graphical application support
Better user experience for desktop users
No need for VNC or external X servers

jjkola commented 3 days ago

Thanks for the idea. Just to clarify, do you mean that Termux will run X11 server, and the distro in the rootfs will connect to that?

nglmercer commented 3 days ago

Yes, exactly!

jjkola commented 3 days ago

Unfortunately I only have one device which is rooted, and it is Android 7 device. Thus, I can't help with this as Termux X11 requires at least Android 8. Pull requests are welcome to address this case in the README file.