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Comment on Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server!

Bro you can just install Postmarket OS or Mobian on the thing. Even put plasma mobile. Maybe have a USB-C display connected? I don’t know if that would work.

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JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Except not on most phones, just a small subset of old phones.

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- A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It is possible to install True Linux™ on many phones, it’s just the phone-specific bits that often don’t work too well. Ideal for this scenario though.
  
  Of course you’re still right, but with that in mind the list is much longer than you think.
  
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Jumpropegazing@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
i shouldve said people should do that if possible for them but theyre not supported on all devices most capabilities didnt have support for my a32 sadly

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- cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Ah. That’s too bad :(
  
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  - Jumpropegazing@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    it really is yea, even if most didnt work if at least networking and cpu/gpu support works i wouldve gone for it
    
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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I was going to comment that I really miss that extra step. A local server on Android sounds like a major PITA, not to speak of the possibility of continued data mining.

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