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If your goal is a portable SSH client, even an original iPad mini with a bluetooth keyboard would be a better option than this thing.

kingofhdds 8y ago
Did you read the text? The goal is not a portable SSH client, but a sort of traveling admin's Swiss army knife device, hence relatively small size (but large enough to host a keyboard), and a lot of ports. Isn't it obvious that iPad cannot conform to the requirements?
- stephenr 8y ago
  Did you read the post I replied to? > And since your battery won't be large enough to support compiling LLVM in reasonable time anyway, it's better to just get used to do CPU-heavy stuff by ssh-ing to a rackmount somewhere use the laptop for terminal-ish tasks.
  - lazyasciiart 8y ago
    Nothing about that comment says anything to support your arbitrary narrowing of the device purpose.
    - stephenr 8y ago
      Well, it does, and my comment does start with IF your goal is.... If your goal IS NOT that, then clearly what I suggested isn't going to be applicable is it?
      - lazyasciiart 8y ago
        Indeed, it did seem totally inapplicable to the thread.
        stephenr 8y ago
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  - Arnt 8y ago
    I wrote that. And the reason that I didn't go into connectivity/port issues is that they have almost nothing to do with battery lifetime. I saw no reason to digress into those topics.
dalore 8y ago
uhnn no? Where is the serial ports etc
- stephenr 8y ago
  What is the purpose of a serial port, If your goal is a portable SSH client?
  - piqufoh 8y ago
    Plenty of enterprise grade hardware (I'm looking at Cisco) provide telnet access over a serial interface - which is dead handy when the thing is running but stops responding to SSH connections.
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PascLeRasc 8y ago
I've been using iSH on the iPhone for my portable SSH client, it works pretty great for server maintenance even with the on-screen keyboard. https://github.com/tbodt/ish https://github.com/tbodt/ish
- throwanem 8y ago
  I use Prompt these days, but iSSH's Remote Desktop client was super useful back when I was doing admin work and didn't have the luxury of never needing to work on a Windows server! As I recall, I also used its X server for remote display from an OpenGenera instance running on a Tru64 VM, back when I was still indulging my hobby for Lisp system archaeology, and network problems were stopping me displaying to the VM host's X server. Good times...
- bigbugbag 8y ago
  iphone lacks vital hardware, it has no keyboard. lacking a keyboard is abysmal productivity vs being able to type and do key combinations. try using stuff like vim/emacs or byobu/screen on an iphone, try to select and middle click to copy/paste, or any of the key combination we use all the time in the shell. no keyboard = no go.
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kingofhdds 8y ago

Did you read the text? The goal is not a portable SSH client, but a sort of traveling admin's Swiss army knife device, hence relatively small size (but large enough to host a keyboard), and a lot of ports. Isn't it obvious that iPad cannot conform to the requirements?

stephenr 8y ago
Did you read the post I replied to? > And since your battery won't be large enough to support compiling LLVM in reasonable time anyway, it's better to just get used to do CPU-heavy stuff by ssh-ing to a rackmount somewhere use the laptop for terminal-ish tasks.
- lazyasciiart 8y ago
  Nothing about that comment says anything to support your arbitrary narrowing of the device purpose.
  - stephenr 8y ago
    Well, it does, and my comment does start with IF your goal is.... If your goal IS NOT that, then clearly what I suggested isn't going to be applicable is it?
    - lazyasciiart 8y ago
      Indeed, it did seem totally inapplicable to the thread.
      - stephenr 8y ago
        https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/83994740/english-motherfucker-do-you-read-it.jpg https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/83994740/english-mot...
- Arnt 8y ago
  I wrote that. And the reason that I didn't go into connectivity/port issues is that they have almost nothing to do with battery lifetime. I saw no reason to digress into those topics.

dalore 8y ago

uhnn no? Where is the serial ports etc

stephenr 8y ago
What is the purpose of a serial port, If your goal is a portable SSH client?
- piqufoh 8y ago
  Plenty of enterprise grade hardware (I'm looking at Cisco) provide telnet access over a serial interface - which is dead handy when the thing is running but stops responding to SSH connections.
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PascLeRasc 8y ago

I've been using iSH on the iPhone for my portable SSH client, it works pretty great for server maintenance even with the on-screen keyboard. https://github.com/tbodt/ish https://github.com/tbodt/ish

throwanem 8y ago
I use Prompt these days, but iSSH's Remote Desktop client was super useful back when I was doing admin work and didn't have the luxury of never needing to work on a Windows server! As I recall, I also used its X server for remote display from an OpenGenera instance running on a Tru64 VM, back when I was still indulging my hobby for Lisp system archaeology, and network problems were stopping me displaying to the VM host's X server. Good times...
bigbugbag 8y ago
iphone lacks vital hardware, it has no keyboard. lacking a keyboard is abysmal productivity vs being able to type and do key combinations. try using stuff like vim/emacs or byobu/screen on an iphone, try to select and middle click to copy/paste, or any of the key combination we use all the time in the shell. no keyboard = no go.

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