🐧 Modded Ubuntu for Termux

Modern Ubuntu Desktop (XFCE4) environment for Android without root.

Features • Requirements • Installation • Video Tutorial • Contributors • Changelog

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🌟 Features

• 🔒 No Root Required

• 🚀 Latest Ubuntu 26.04

• ⚡ Fully Automatic Setup

• 🌐 Pre-patched Web Browsers

• 🔊 Fixed Audio Output

• 🎨 Beautiful Desktop Look

• 🖱️ Lightweight & Modular

  Web Browsers	IDE

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📋 System Requirements

Requirement	Recommended Specification
Operating System	Android 7.0 (Nougat) or higher
Terminal App	Termux (v0.118+ from F-Droid or GitHub) • F-Droid • Github
Available Storage	At least 4 GB - 8 GB free space
Architecture	aarch64 / arm64 (recommended), armhf, x86_64
VNC Client	RealVNC Viewer or AVNC

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⚡ Installation

Important

Always install Termux from F-Droid or GitHub Releases.

Step 1: Clone & Run Installer

Open Termux and execute the following commands:

yes | pkg up

pkg install git wget -y

# Clone repository
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/modded-ubuntu/modded-ubuntu.git
cd modded-ubuntu
bash setup.sh

Note

During setup, you will be prompted to enter a username for your Ubuntu environment (must be lowercase, no spaces).

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Step 2: Configure Desktop GUI

After the base environment finishes installing, restart Termux and run:

ubuntu
sudo bash gui.sh

Note

Follow the on-screen prompts to select your desired desktop components and set your VNC password.

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🖥️ How to Connect

1. Start the VNC Server

Inside Ubuntu start the VNC server:

vncstart

To shut down the server:

vncstop

2. Connect via VNC Viewer

1. Tap the + (Add) button.
2. Configure the connection:
   • Address: localhost:1
   • Name: Modded Ubuntu (or anything you prefer)
3. Set Picture Quality to High.
4. Tap Connect, enter the password and enjoy your Linux desktop!

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📹 Video Tutorial

Need a step-by-step demonstration? Watch the video below:

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👥 Contributors

A huge shoutout to everyone who has contributed to improving this project!

📄 Credits

This project utilizes the official Ubuntu rootfs distribution powered by Termux PRoot-Distro

All credit for base container distribution goes to the PRoot-Distro maintainers.

Termux Proot Distro - https://github.com/termux/proot-distro

See the full Changelog for version release notes.

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