Does the JVM count?
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KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months agoon a phone? Why the fuck would anyone be running virtual machines on a phone?
greedytacothief@lemmy.world 8 months ago
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
thats really funny, but no.
dustyData@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My man, have you been to selfhosted. People are using smart phones for all kinds of crazy stuff. They are basically mini ARM computers.
pythonoob@programming.dev 8 months ago
Something like the Samsung Dex app that basically turns your phone into a mini computer with kbm and a monitor wouldn’t bee too bad tbh for most people. Take all your shit with you in your pocket and dock it at home or at work or whatever.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
yeah, i literally selfhost a server, running like 8 different services. I’m quite acclimated to it by now. Using a phone for this kind of thing is the wrong device. A chromebook is going to be a better alternative. You can probably get those cheaper anyway.
A big problem with phones is that they just aren’t really designed for that kind of thing, you leave a phone plugged in constantly and it’s going to spicy pillow itself. Let alone even trying to do that on something that isn’t an android. I cannot imagine the hell that self hosting on an android would be, let alone on an iphone.
I could see a usecase for it as a network relay in the event that you need a hyper portable node or something. GLHF with the dongling if you need those.
Unfortunately, if you already have a server, it’s going to be better to just spin up a new task on that server, as the cost of running a new device is going to outweight the cost of just using an existing one that’s already running. Also, you can get stuff like a raspi or le potato for pretty cheap also. not very powerful, but probably more utility, especially given the IO.
dustyData@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, god forbids anyone ever does anything subpar or worse…for fun 😱
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
i’m not saying that you can’t but like, you shouldn’t buy a phone with the prospect to turn it into a server. You should sell your old phone. Or use it until it dies. That’s probably going to be better in the long run honestly. You use a laptop? A desktop? All of those can be converted into a server with MUCH longer lifespans, and better software support.
Mobile hardware often has a support period of like 2-3 years, although that’s changed recently, the hardware expectancy is probably more like 5 years at most. Meanwhile, desktop hardware, and mobile hardware in particular can easily last like 10 years. Even longer if you’re ok with running legacy hardware.
My primary mobile laptops are 10 12 years old respectively. They’re perfectly fine for what i need. I would NOT want to be using a 10 year old phone for that.
If you aren’t the type of person buying or owning laptops, you almost certainly do not know what self hosting is.
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It sounds a lot more cost effective to get a used mini-pc than a flagship phone for any sort of server stuff.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
literally this, anything other than a phone is going to be more purpose suited. cheaper, and probably more versatile. You’re spending money on a really expensive screen that you are literally not going to be using. You might as well buy something with a shitty screen, or none at all.
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I got a ThinkCentre M700 with an i7-6700, 16gb of ram and a 256gb SSD for $70 total. It’s really hard to get a phone with anywhere near that value for money.