Repurposing Discarded Smartphones for Cloud Microservices to Minimize Carbon (dl.acm.org) 14 points by nemoniac 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] transfire 3y ago ↗ I have a handful of old phones I’d be happy to repurpose if there were an easy way to do it. [–] MathMonkeyMan 3y ago ↗ On Android there's Ubuntu Touch if you have a supported rooted phone. You still never get the full flexibility of a Linux (still Android running proprietary drivers under the hood), but it's nice to ssh in and do whatever.Easier still is UserLAnd. Don't even need root. Works pretty well. http://www.davidgoffredo.com/phone-server
[–] MathMonkeyMan 3y ago ↗ On Android there's Ubuntu Touch if you have a supported rooted phone. You still never get the full flexibility of a Linux (still Android running proprietary drivers under the hood), but it's nice to ssh in and do whatever.Easier still is UserLAnd. Don't even need root. Works pretty well. http://www.davidgoffredo.com/phone-server
[–] bigape911 3y ago ↗ You mean the locked devices that you can't install Linux on? [–] noisycarlos 3y ago ↗ I guess you can on the Android ones
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 22.1 ms ] threadEasier still is UserLAnd. Don't even need root. Works pretty well. http://www.davidgoffredo.com/phone-server