I use OMZ because it lets me rely on popular defaults instead of bike shedding and rolling my own. Its main advantage is convention over configuration. For instance, I just have to learn the git plugin aliases once, and then I can use them anywhere with OMZ + git plugin. Is there any lighter alternative that is compatible with OMZ plugins?
The problem I have with coding on Termux is that it's not a full Linux environment, and a lot of tools will fail to compile because there's some dependency that doesn't exist. That includes, for instance, database adaptors for nodejs, which compromises web app development.
Do you use any workaround for that huge limitation? Or just SSH into a proper Linux box?
This could be debatable if browsers had any UI at all to display XML. It's incomprehensible that if you open the open web solution for subscribing to web content (RSS) you're greeted with a wall of unformatted text. Right now, XSLT is the poor fix to that browser's basic inability.
+ Doesn't have the same compatibility issues Termux has, so I can install things like bun.js and npm packages with native bindings (e.g. database connectors)
- Can't edit text selection, which makes it difficult to copy text
- Can't paste text
- Frequently restarts and loses all progress while switching apps
I can't say much about the battery because I just haven't used it enough to tell the difference. Honestly, with all these major flaws, I usually end up just using Termux.
I hope they fix these glaring flaws soon, IMO they're a lot more urgent to get devs to actually use this than GUI support.
Nitpick: also, a more distinctive name would be nice. Right now, it's basically impossible to search for solutions to Android Terminal issues