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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by BelenusMordred on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:07AM (#27576718)
Something like PostmarketOS is likely a better choice if it is supported for your device.
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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by cookiengineer on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:31AM (#27576841)
For people that are not aware: ArchLinuxARM [1] is an unofficial Arch based distro for all kinds of ARM devices.

Using it for my router, firewall and NAS hardware - and can totally recommend it.

[1] https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by cunidev on Monday June 21, 2021 @03:09AM (#27576982)
postmarketOS has much more active mainline work though
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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by outsomnia on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:20AM (#27576776)
Right, they are at least trying to use current, updatable kernels.

Vendor kernels are a continual security apocalypse that never ends.

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin

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