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Google Reveals the Real Purpose of Android’s New Terminal App

Abubakar Mohammed
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In a feature request on Android's IssueTracker where a user asked the developers to open-source Debian VM tweaks and tell them the exact purpose of the VM, a Google engineer replied he main purpose of the Linux terminal feature is to bring more apps (Linux apps/tools/games) into Android, but NOT to bring yet another desktop environment. This more or less confirms that Google wants Android users to be able to run Desktop Linux apps, just like on ChromeOS. Adding to the statement, the engineer also said that Google's not against users or manufacturers installing or shipping another Linux Destop Environment like GNOME or KDE. Linux apps, for the most part, will use Android's native desktop windowing system.
ChatGPT in Windows Terminal

You Can Now Use ChatGPT from Windows Terminal; Here’s How

Abubakar Mohammed
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The latest Canary build of the Terminal app brings support for ChatGPT and GitHub Copolit alongside Azure OpenAI. The feature can be accessed by clicking the small down arrow in the tabs section and clicking Terminal Chat in Settings. Users can then select the AI service they want to use. Using ChatGPT in Terminal is not free though, and requires an OpenAI API key. It's a fairly simple integration that will save users time; instead of going to a browser or app and asking questions, they can directly use Terminal Chat.