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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?

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[–] javilopezg@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

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 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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@lemmy.world 3 points 6 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 2 points 6 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@lemmy.world 2 points 6 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@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 7 points 6 days ago

You're free to join us

[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Haha my feelings exactly, I can work in Linux cli and program rust with ease, but I can't copy and paste on an iPhone.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

I feel this. My work phone is an iPhone 12, and typing is a pain compared to Android.

[–] padook@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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@feddit.nl 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days 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.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] Dust0741@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Nipe! Not rooted. In a VM though

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[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The lines between mobile device and server get blurred even more.

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tbh a laptop is a "mobile" device

[–] towerful@programming.dev 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It's a server with integrated UPS and KVM console.

[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 3 points 6 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 1 points 6 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.

[–] Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it 1 points 6 days ago

@towerful @baatliwala For real though, I use old laptops for self-hosting so that I never have to dig up a monitor & keyboard.

[–] ashaman2007@lemm.ee 54 points 1 week ago

Lmao this is amazing. The future is now...

This is simultaneously cool and cursed af.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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?

[–] Dust0741@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Make sure you utilize the 80% charge feature

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] Dust0741@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Um, what does that even mean?

Edit: Looks like it runs a VM. So some overhead, but still cool.

[–] Dust0741@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's Debian in the screenshot

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[–] Akito@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The day Docker works on Android, I'm settled.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Docker does work on Android. That's what OP is showing off.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Well, if they manage to get it working on Android I'll be really impressed.

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

latest release of android

Does that mean 15?

[–] Dust0741@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

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[–] muelltonne@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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?

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[–] node815@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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! :)

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

I do it. It has be DOT and you have to have a valid cert.

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