Turning an Android phone into a travelling desktop

Installing the software in the phone I covered this in a post a few months ago: You can turn your phone into a miniature version of your laptop by installing a desktop Linux distribution inside your Android phone and then installing all your favourite open source software inside that. In my case, the open source…

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Running LaTeX, Python and more in an Android Phone

Because you want to travel without your laptop If you are an open source enthusiast, you have a problem when you travel without a laptop. This is one situation where you are at a serious disadvantage compared to somebody who uses Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) or Google’s G Suite (Google Docs, Sheets and…

Setting up a Raspberry Pi as a home file server

Since tastes and needs differ widely within our family, the laptops and devices at my home run Linux, Windows 10, Android and iOS. Sharing data between devices running diverse operating systems is a huge pain. We often end up using email, Dropbox or Google Drive, though it is utterly silly to move a file half…