Coolest Linux app you hosted from an Android device?
from geogeogeo@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 23:48
https://lemmy.world/post/26854097

With talk of Android 16 having a Linux terminal, I’m curious what people have already hosted from Android with emulators like Termux or rooted terminal, and/or ideas of things that make sense (or would at least be cool) to run or host from a tablet or phone if/when it’s officially supported.

Myself, I mostly got Grist to run on Termux. However, not everything worked when importing a project and I wasn’t willing to rebuild mine from scratch. So I just kept it on the free cloud Grist has. Would’ve been cool to self host it though.

Edit to add: I bought a $35 Walmart tablet on a whim to try and host Grist on it and it was fun. I feel like there probably are some cool and resourceful/relevant things to be ran on a cheap tablet like that. Just not sure what they are lol.

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eskuero@lemmy.fromshado.ws on 15 Mar 00:27 next collapse

I used to run a mastodon bot in termux on a galaxy s3 mini many years ago.

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 15 Mar 02:06 next collapse

does postmarkeos count?

geogeogeo@lemmy.world on 15 Mar 04:07 collapse

In terms of my personal curiosities, I would say no BUT if you then went on to self host something from there I’d be interested in hearing about that.

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 15 Mar 07:48 collapse

i use my old postmarketos phone as a server for a bunch of stuff on my local network because it can run docker and is really power efficient

geogeogeo@lemmy.world on 15 Mar 12:05 collapse

That’s awesome. What stuff did you host, and did any stick out as being particularly well suited for running on a tablet? By that I mean especially efficient for the hardware, or if any were well suited for localhost access from the tablet (e.g. having an web UI well suited for tablet use).

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 15 Mar 14:59 collapse

i just run normal stuff like immich and a dns server and use it as a headless server, though I do have a backup terminal on the touchscreen in case I need it (fbkeyboard).

I don’t think it has any real benefits except the touchscreen, very low power consumption and the built-in battery, I just use it because it’s free and interesting.

I guess compared to other devices like the rpi it has pretty good performance and resources, though one big drawback is that I have to use wifi for networking.

It’s just the use I found for my old phone that was sitting in the cupboard doing nothing.

PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca on 15 Mar 15:02 collapse

I ran Pihole on a Pixel 3a for a couple years

tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden on 16 Mar 05:17 collapse

On Android or postmarketOS? Very cool regardless!

PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca on 16 Mar 14:44 collapse

Rooted stock Android. Just used Termux and then PiDeploy.