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Honestly, I think the only thing keeping me from using Android as more of a desktop replacement is the lack of solid local compilers. That, and a handful of mor
by dhruvmittal 14y ago
Honestly, I think the only thing keeping me from using Android as more of a desktop replacement is the lack of solid local compilers. That, and a handful of more specialized desktop applications like MatLab (which run just as well on my lab computers- I probably don't need to carry them around), are the only reasons I can't just make the jump.
- mindstab 14y agoMe as well, at least for a netbook replacement. Though to some extent possibly putting a debian chroot onto an SD card might almost be enough. There are a few different attempts to start putting dev environments onto android (and then there's also the ipad as a devtool "buy a linode and ssh to it" method...) but yeah, sadly even on some devices that means cracking/rooting them just to be able to properly chroot, but with that you'd at least have all the compilers you want and vim and/or emacs :P Then we could start looking at bootstrapping more tools I suppose
- chris_mahan 14y agoYou can ssh into a raspberrypi running debian on your local network, or even over unencrypted wifi. Use ConnectBot (ssh) and hacker's keyboard, and you're all set.