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The usage that would make devices like these attractive to me is if they allowed me to carry my data around, doing most of my work by ssh, but with ability to a
by cturner 11y ago
The usage that would make devices like these attractive to me is if they allowed me to carry my data around, doing most of my work by ssh, but with ability to access/edit data while I was mobile. Then I wouldn't need to carry a bag around.
I doubt I'm in major market segment, but I'll ask all the same: can you ssh into these devices and run standard unix tools? Can you plug a USB-to-ethernet adapter into them?
- rlpb 11y ago> can you ssh into these devices Yes: http://askubuntu.com/q/348714/7808 http://askubuntu.com/q/348714/7808 > run standard unix tools Yes. What you get is a shell prompt that pretty much matches what you'd expect. bash and readline, GNU coreutils, tab completion, etc. The ssh client is available. > Can you plug a USB-to-ethernet adapter into them? No idea. This might be tougher as it would involve some level of interfacing with the kernel (which is a bit special as it's Android-based) and perhaps interference with the phone's network management UI (Network Manager based). Also, you don't get working apt-get unless you remount the root filesystem read-write, in which case you lose image-based updates (the only supported update mechanism). But your home directory is read-write and you can do what you like in there.
- edent 11y agoFWIW using USB-OTG I can plug keyboard, mouse, & Ethernet into my Android phone - no special software needed.
- lucb1e 11y ago> can you ssh into these devices and run standard unix tools? If you currently run Android, you can do this with apps such as Linux Deploy as well. I really love being able to browse my phone's filesystem over sftp (ssh ftp) from my GNU/Linux laptop, being able to back stuff up using rsync, etc.