x11-packages VS proot-distro

Compare x11-packages vs proot-distro and see what are their differences.

x11-packages

A set of packages using X11 Windows System. (by termux)

proot-distro

An utility for managing installations of the Linux distributions in Termux. (by termux)
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x11-packages proot-distro
9 35
430 1,391
- 9.1%
9.8 9.3
almost 2 years ago 10 days ago
Shell Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 only
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

x11-packages

Posts with mentions or reviews of x11-packages. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-29.
  • What about "archived" repos?
    2 projects | /r/termux | 29 Jan 2023
    In the termux wiki, under Package_Management, it says that, e.g., for using x11 packages one should pkg install x11-repo from x11_packages. On the repos github it says This repository has been archived by the owner on Apr 19, 2022. It is now read-only. and further down on that page it even says *Packages from x11-repo are now maintained along with the main repo in [termux-packages](github.com/termux/termux-packages).
    2 projects | /r/termux | 29 Jan 2023
    Lots of things changed in few years. Now it doesn't make sense to separate x11 packages to https://github.com/termux/x11-packages - we no longer need to deal with side collaborator access rights.
  • Latest Xfce desktop terminals not working
    2 projects | /r/termux | 16 Dec 2021
    Solved. https://github.com/termux/x11-packages/pull/540
    2 projects | /r/termux | 16 Dec 2021
  • Anyway to launch vlc with arguments with termux?
    2 projects | /r/termux | 2 Nov 2021
    * It is not available through the official packages repository. You could, although, try building it from the source code, however you might have to patch the source code and port it for Android; if you manage to do this, it would be appreciated if you could help the project by adding VLC to Termux's GUI repository. You could also use mpv-x as an alternative, it is available in Termux's repositories.
  • termux tripled the speed of this 12yo laptop
    3 projects | /r/termux | 30 Mar 2021
    PS : maybe my issue is related to the termux tigervnc package, see https://github.com/termux/x11-packages/issues/274#issuecomment-810936024 ...

proot-distro

Posts with mentions or reviews of proot-distro. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-07.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing x11-packages and proot-distro you can also consider the following projects:

termux-desktop - Setup A Beautiful Desktop/GUI In Termux

termux-archlinux - You can use setupTermuxArch.bash 📲 to install Arch Linux in Termux on Amazon, Android, Chromebook and Windows. https://sdrausty.github.io/termux-archlinux/

proot - An chroot-like implementation using ptrace.

termux-app - Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.

termux-x11 - Not released and unmaintained Termux X11 add-on application.

termux-packages - A package build system for Termux.

Code-Server - VS Code in the browser

gcc_termux - Gcc for termux with fortran scipy etc... Use apt for newest updates instructions in README.txt

debdroid - Install Debian on your Android Device (No longer maintained)

btop - A monitor of resources

termux-desktop-lxqt - Install a simple, fast and beautiful desktop in termux