With the latest release of android it now supports some Linux functionality. I got docker installed simply by following Docker’s docs.

Any thoughts or uses for a mobile homelab? What would be useful to have mobile?

  • Javi
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    112 days ago

    The change maker feature would be to arrive home and plug your phone in a dock station and have a desktop to use as a pc

    • @dan@upvote.au
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      This has been supported on Samsung devices for years - it was first added to the Galaxy S8 (2017). It’s called Samsung DeX. You can plug a phone or tablet into a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and it gives you a full screen experience.

      They have docking stations, but you can also just use a USB C hub.

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL
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      32 days ago

      I’ve been talking about this for years! I got the idea from razer but I’m imagining the laptop chassis adds a nice screen, enormous battery, better IO, and then it just uses the touch screen as the track pad.

      It could be so cool

    • @lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      22 days ago

      I have a Steam Deck dock specifically for this. Except the mouse comes up on the phone screen instead of the monitor. Weird bug.

    • @Brickhead92
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      12 days ago

      But then how would I look at my phone while using my Desktop.

      I’ll need a dummy phone to doom scroll on.

  • @mrhenry77
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    103 days ago

    these are the times when I get jealous, as an iOS user

    • @turnip@sh.itjust.works
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      43 days ago

      I dont know how you can stand using iOS. Its just so unintuitive, theres no back button and I can’t even figure out copy/paste.

      • @valkyre09
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        83 days ago

        Copy paste is easy. You just tap on the, no wait you tap on the, fuck hold on. You tap, there we are, on the word and hold until it highlights. No wait hold on. Fuck. There we are. Ok now you tap on the highlighted word to copy, fuck wait Ah fuck it just type it again yourself

  • @merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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    564 days ago

    my friends complaining that my plex server because I left my phone on the bus and it ran out of charge

      • @baatliwala
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        93 days ago

        Tbh a laptop is a “mobile” device

          • @valkyre09
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            33 days ago

            Except for that time I took out the battery because it was swollen and took the screen off to help with cooling. At least I still have my K and M

          • @lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            12 days ago

            In all seriousness, I think a “mobile server” in laptop-like form would be pretty nice. Have a giant battery attached to the bottom and program the controller to run on AC as it’s primary power source while treating the battery as a secondary source. Definitely niche, but cool nonetheless.

  • Padook
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    32 days ago

    I dont think I so much want this for my phone as for my homemade AndroidTV boxes. Losing the Linux functionality after switching from Kodi/libreelec had been my biggest pain point.

    Can’t wait to see my TV boxes show up in my Beszel dashboard!

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL
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      22 days ago

      Can you tell me more about these homemade android TV boxes? I built a really shitty front end to “turn” my Linux based mini PCs into a media streamer but it lacks things like Chromecast and reliability haha

      • Padook
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        21 day ago

        I have two TV boxes, one is a Raspberry pi 4, the other is a pi 5. I installed KonstaKANG’s android port for the Pi’s. Depending on your familiarity with flashing the Pi’s this video from Explaining Computers offers a way to get Konsta installed through PINN. Once they’re up and running they act just like a cellphone. This remote works really well.

        Install f-droid, and/or obtainium, and/or Aurora Store and you can install whatever apps you want on the box.

        I don’t personally use Chromecast, so I can’t vouch for that working. Mine is more centered around consuming Jellyfin (jellyfin android tv app), youtube (newpipe), podverse, and Radiodroid

        I really liked Kodi, but could never get it to correctly sync across devices so I finally went the android route. I’ve been pretty happy

        Feel free to pick my brain if you have more questions

        • Lv_InSaNe_vL
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          11 day ago

          Ah okay. The Chromecast thing is a killer feature I’ve been looking for, my media PC that I have now is pretty good, just doesn’t have that one thing.

  • Domi
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    194 days ago

    With the latest release of android it now supports some Linux functionality.

    Wait, it does? Gonna have to check that out.

    • @Dust0741OP
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      174 days ago

      Early alpha, but yea it’s full on Linux in Android. Quite slick

      • Domi
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        44 days ago

        Dope, seems to not have landed yet in LineageOS but the Terminal app is already installed. Just missing the toggle in the developer options.

      • @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        13 days ago

        Is it an app I should be able to just find in my installed apps or do I need to enable it?
        Because as of now (Pixel 7, Android 15) I can only find Termux.

        • @SteveTech@programming.dev
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          83 days ago

          You have to be on the March update, then go to Developer options -> Linux environment, and enable it. Then ‘Terminal’ will appear in your apps drawer.

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            13 days ago

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  • @tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden
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    234 days ago

    That’s cool! I’ve always had the idea of a small k3s cluster on old phones with postmarketOS. I guess it doesn’t work with older phones which don’t have the latest Android Version but given the homelab trend generally goes towards small, low power devices, this could continue the trend with super small and low power phones. Probably in 2 years when current gen phones rotate out of company leasing contracts?

    • @Dust0741OP
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      144 days ago

      Oh man that’d be super cool. An ARM cluster of androids would be awesome. Battery backups built in!

  • mesa
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    164 days ago

    Debian is supposedly coming to android. That would be cool.

  • @solrize
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    114 days ago

    latest release of android

    Does that mean 15?

    • @Dust0741OP
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      94 days ago

      Yea kinda. Android is switching to quarterly releases, so my phone now says “Android 15” but this was QPR2 specifically

      • @solrize
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        24 days ago

        Thanks. My phone is on 14 and won’t get another update, oh well.

      • @NeoNachtwaechter
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        13 days ago

        “Android 15” but this was QPR2 specifically

        How can we bring that to a real world (read: cheap Chinese) phone?

        • @Dust0741OP
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          43 days ago

          Not sure, but if LineageOS supports it, that should be all you need

  • @node815
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    73 days ago

    Maybe your own adblocker, I thought about doing that myself, I use the public one from adguard on my phone (dns.aguard-dns.com) but having it on your own device would be pretty slick perhaps. But thinking about it more, Google wouldn’t just let you use an internal IP for the private DNS. I have tried it with my locally hosted adblocker and it rejects it.

    Or you could set up a dashboard like Homepage or Dashy, or Flame or ? Ultimately, your imagination would do! :)

    • trevor
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      23 days ago

      Unfortunately, from trying this myself, I don’t think you can forward port 53 to the Android host, so that won’t work (easily). It seems that privileged ports aren’t allowed to be forwarded.

  • @muelltonne@feddit.org
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    74 days ago

    What is the current wisdom about having an android device always plugged in? Some people say that it will kill and pillow the battery, but does it really?

    • @Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      The trick of retrofitting any battery powered device into a wired one is to remove the battery. No matter what, Li-ion batteries cannot sustain permanent power. Expensive adapters and new Androids can regulate power well, as can automations, but the best worry-free option is battery removal.

      Edit: I’ve just remembered Fairphone, they’re bossing the mobile repair ability front and have removable batteries like pre-2012. Could get one of those

    • @Dust0741OP
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      44 days ago

      I don’t know. I think they are pretty good at managing battery, and have a new setting for maxing it out at 80% charge, but I don’t think I’d put it near anything expensive for years on end.

  • @Toribor@corndog.social
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    2 days ago

    I’m assuming your phone has to be rooted for this right? Or is docker running without root? I didn’t realize anything like this was possible. This is interesting.

  • kratoz29
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    53 days ago

    I can see my 5 year old android mobile struggling being a suitable self hosting machine… (Because of the battery).

    But not gonna lie, having it working as a more advanced travel router connect to Tailscale sounds like a neat idea (which I think it is already possible? The other day I saw the client app that supports subnet routers? I just haven’t tried it, and it has a disclaimer that it drains the battery… So I didn’t end up doing that at that moment when I was away).