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could you share what you use it for? My usecase is converting my android tablet into lightweight html/js dev machine - adding Arch/xfce and bt keyboard and mous

could you share what you use it for? My usecase is converting my android tablet into lightweight html/js dev machine - adding Arch/xfce and bt keyboard and mouse. I also got it on various android phones, but still struggling to find a valid usecase. you know, other than just tinkering with it, which is also great :) BTW, I think that the current easiest way to try Linux on Android is app called Linux Deploy by meefik. its dev is very active. It allows you to raise arch, debian, ubuntu, slack, kali, opensuse, gentoo, and custom rootfs and spice it up it with lxde/xfce/gnome/kde, as well as adds ssh/vnc/xserver access for you.

Piskvorrr 11y ago
Bring your phone in your pocket, connect display (HDMI), mouse+keyboard (Bluetooth). Abracadabra - a Linux desktop!
- solnyshok 11y ago
  is someone really doing this on daily basis?
  - Piskvorrr 11y ago
    Daily basis? I don't think I've ever said that; I have pretty useful desktop computers in places where I need them daily, this is just a fallback. Although the device is quite beefy enough to work like a netbook, it's only strong enough to work like a netbook (i.e. reasonably powerful for a phone but underpowered for a desktop computer). I do use my smartphone on a daily basis, but not the same set of apps every day. This one is an app that comes handy every once in a while, but when it does, it's a tremendous help (desktop paradigm doesn't really translate well to Android, so "plug in and use your normal Android apps like it's a desktop computer" is not really an option for me). That's the whole point - I don't need to lug another physical device around, only an app on the phone. This way, I have an e-book reader (Google Books+And Bible), a map (Locus Pro), a music player (VLC), a good-enough camera, a retro gaming console (DosBox), a sky chart (Google Sky Map), the whole of Wikipedia (Kiwix), a calculator (RealCalc), and a netbook as well; no network required for any of that, just electricity. Now that would be a pretty hefty backpack for things I might need - or a 6" device in my pocket.

Piskvorrr 11y ago

Bring your phone in your pocket, connect display (HDMI), mouse+keyboard (Bluetooth). Abracadabra - a Linux desktop!

solnyshok 11y ago
is someone really doing this on daily basis?
- Piskvorrr 11y ago
  Daily basis? I don't think I've ever said that; I have pretty useful desktop computers in places where I need them daily, this is just a fallback. Although the device is quite beefy enough to work like a netbook, it's only strong enough to work like a netbook (i.e. reasonably powerful for a phone but underpowered for a desktop computer). I do use my smartphone on a daily basis, but not the same set of apps every day. This one is an app that comes handy every once in a while, but when it does, it's a tremendous help (desktop paradigm doesn't really translate well to Android, so "plug in and use your normal Android apps like it's a desktop computer" is not really an option for me). That's the whole point - I don't need to lug another physical device around, only an app on the phone. This way, I have an e-book reader (Google Books+And Bible), a map (Locus Pro), a music player (VLC), a good-enough camera, a retro gaming console (DosBox), a sky chart (Google Sky Map), the whole of Wikipedia (Kiwix), a calculator (RealCalc), and a netbook as well; no network required for any of that, just electricity. Now that would be a pretty hefty backpack for things I might need - or a 6" device in my pocket.