Re:Running Linux on your smartphone in 2020
by h4waii on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @02:12PM
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Termux [0] is an excellent "other" method of having access to A LOT of GNU/Linux and FOSS tools on any Android device. You can also chroot a full distribution on it and get access to all the packages available from that distribution.
Re:Running Linux on your smartphone in 2020
by tpoindex on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:22PM
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Termux is cool tech (including running full Linux in a chroot). I would also mention UserLAnd [0] to run full Linux distributions sand specific application with a simple install.
The thing I am missing the most is HDMI video out, as my retired Nexus 5 could do with MHL and a simple dongle on the USB micro port. That dongle could also provide power and another USB port for a mouse or keyboard. Very few modern phones seem to have any video out other than casting. I do see that DisplayLink does support Android, but I've yet to find a dongle that also provides USB C power delivery in a nice portable package.
Re:Running Linux on your smartphone in 2020
by rkeene2 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:54PM
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> The thing I am missing the most is HDMI video out, as my retired Nexus 5 could do with MHL and a simple dongle on the USB micro port. That dongle could also provide power and another USB port for a mouse or keyboard. Very few modern phones seem to have any video out other than casting. I do see that DisplayLink does support Android, but I've yet to find a dongle that also provides USB C power delivery in a nice portable package.
Many phones support USB-C's DisplayPort Alternate Mode which basically does HDMI over USB-C and allows for power and data, a cheap adapter [0] is all you need.
Re:Running Linux on your smartphone in 2020
by h4waii on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:26PM
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I'm using a USB-A DisplayLink adapter with a USB-C OTG adapter on my device, works very well for traveling, but yeah definitely wish there was one that was just straight USB-C and had a power pass-through.
Supposedly a few docks are coming out that will support it, but they seem to be fairly bulky.
0. https://termux.com/
The thing I am missing the most is HDMI video out, as my retired Nexus 5 could do with MHL and a simple dongle on the USB micro port. That dongle could also provide power and another USB port for a mouse or keyboard. Very few modern phones seem to have any video out other than casting. I do see that DisplayLink does support Android, but I've yet to find a dongle that also provides USB C power delivery in a nice portable package.
0. https://userland.tech/
Many phones support USB-C's DisplayPort Alternate Mode which basically does HDMI over USB-C and allows for power and data, a cheap adapter [0] is all you need.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R7PD8TR
Supposedly a few docks are coming out that will support it, but they seem to be fairly bulky.
I believe Mír is available on Arch.
Unity8 has been ported already, though I don't know how current that port is.
https://github.com/vanyasem/Unity8-Arch