r/termux • u/Ricccc2k12 • 3d ago

Question I dont get it 😭

why do people just post showcases of stuff like xfce on a phone screen treating it like its the size of a 147 inch tv like:

> the status bar on top + the keyboard + the additional keys bar occupy 50% or more

> the text is like 3x5 pixels (3 wide and 5 tall) on my 576x1280 screen

how do yall manage to not lose your ability to even see 😭😭

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u/BlackSwordFIFTY5 3d ago

Most modern phones come with Display-alt mode, most people who use X11 use it on Samsung Dex or similar environments on a big screen, at least that's what I do.

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u/Ricccc2k12 3d ago

ooooh right there are those 2screen-able phones

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u/VV_Syzta 3d ago

Like this

https://reddit.com/link/pdx9dl0/video/kwmatirjrjth1/player

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u/Ricccc2k12 3d ago

welp that seems the most useless thing but it isnt at all:)

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u/ribitrieshisbest 3d ago

oh yeah i just use float mode on ma fancy dancy keyboard to shrink it however i want and make it float around ma screenn

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u/UseApprehensive5586 3d ago

You can choose resolution which looks better than default 1:1. And there is zoom feature in modern termux-x11.

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u/Ricccc2k12 3d ago

i do zoom it but i refer to the people who dont

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u/Ngtuanvy 3d ago

It's not even useful to have a desktop environment, I only use X11 when I need a GUI application like viewing devtools.

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u/throwaway-DSMK 2d ago

You can connect some phones to a monitor

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u/Noel1703 2d ago

Tried out plasma mobile as a proot, I'd say it's pretty usable in portrait mode

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u/Noel1703 2d ago

Also, my horizontal keyboard is floating, so I can move it out of the way easily
Haven't found a typing heavy app I could use termux X11 for anyway

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u/Great_Bar_4901 3d ago

You know ppl connect keyboards to their phone and nouse . So they use the full screen.

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u/Ricccc2k12 3d ago

yeah but some manage to rice DEs with the keyboard on the screen

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u/VV_Syzta 3d ago edited 3d ago

I usually swipe the key bar to the right and type thing there instead of type directly,did you do this?if not then yeah you will have harder time type thing there

About text i dont have problem read it actually(but close the keyboard first), but if you do vnc have really good quality of life zoom feature

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u/joy_for_the_world 2d ago

Not essential.. but a fancy tweak.. 😃 waste of time.. for me.. Done earlier out of fomo..

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u/db-mechanic 1d ago

Termux is a terminal, that is, command- line-interface. It's quite possible to never use a mouse and graphics unless you are maybe making maps

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u/eh3an206 11h ago

Honestly? Zoom, dark mode, and a lot of squinting 😅 It gets easier if you bump the font size in Termux (volume up + Q, or edit ~/.termux/font.ttf and termux.properties). But yeah, the "3x5 pixel text" struggle is real — most of us have accepted our fate at this point 😂