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On 2026-02-26, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> writes:

If you have a tablet you can install Termux, then install Emacs and use
Gnus. This also works on Amazon tablets. But you'll need to know the
keystrokes. You can do this on the phone too if you have small fingers.

As I understand it, Termux can no longer work, let alone any other app
using external binaries, starting since Android 10 or whenever target
API greater than 28 is required. Or was that solved somehow?

I used to use a similar if simpler terminal thing called sshelper but
the dev pulled the plug on that, stating this as a reason.

OTOH, there's a native port of Emacs available now (from F-Droid) so
Gnus is a possibility there. I haven't tried it though.

I use termux no problems.

Android Version 15 on a FairPhone 5

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Anssi Saari, 2026-02-26 15:38:

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> writes:

If you have a tablet you can install Termux, then install Emacs and use
Gnus. This also works on Amazon tablets. But you'll need to know the
keystrokes. You can do this on the phone too if you have small fingers.

As I understand it, Termux can no longer work, let alone any other app
using external binaries, starting since Android 10 or whenever target
API greater than 28 is required. Or was that solved somehow?

Termux works just fine here with Android 16 and it is also still offered
on Google Play but also on F-Droid:

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux> <https://f-droid.org/packages/com.termux/>

I used to use a similar if simpler terminal thing called sshelper but
the dev pulled the plug on that, stating this as a reason.

If you refer to Termbot - this is also still available on F-Droid and
also works with Android 16:

<https://f-droid.org/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.termbot/>
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Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

If you have a tablet you can install Termux, then install Emacs and use
Gnus. This also works on Amazon tablets. But you'll need to know the keystrokes. You can do this on the phone too if you have small fingers.

Maybe other terminal based options are there, e.g. slrn?

Other CUI (Character/'Console' UI) newsreader options (for use 'on'
Termux) are trn and, my favourite, The Ideal Newsreader :-) 'tin'.

FWIW, I don't bother using Usenet/NetNews on a smartphone/tablet, but
others do, so it's good to have options, especially having a non-broken newsreader like the ones mentioned above.

As my 'User-Agent:' shows, one can run good software on a 'bad' OS, so
no reason why one can't do the same on Android! :-)
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Arno Welzel wrote:

Termux works just fine here with Android 16 and it is also still offered
on Google Play but also on F-Droid:

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux> <https://f-droid.org/packages/com.termux/>

It's kind of an aside, but last we discussed Termux at length it turned out that even the developers openly deprecated the Termux on Google Play Store
as I recall. I'd have to dig it up again, but just be careful with it.

OK. I ran a quick search...

Since Google Play Termux builds are frozen at v0.101, they point to old, incompatible repositories. Modern Termux (from GitHub or F-Droid) uses packages.termux.dev, which contains:
updated packages
security fixes
compatibility with Android 10¡V14
current Termux tooling

If we use the Play Store version, our APT repo is outdated & may break.
The only "correct" Termux, nowadays, is apparently either the F-Droid:
<https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/>
Or the GitHub Releases which are usually released before F-Droid is.
<https://github.com/termux/termux-app/releases>
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