Crazy talk - Linux container on a cell phone
I recently got a Google Pixel 9 Pro XL with 1 TB of storage. I got it because it will run Debian in a container on the phone. The claim is that Google is doing this so we can run normal Linux programs on a cell phone, even though in practice you have to attach a monitor, keyboard and mouse to the phone. It doesn't support X-windows but supposedly will in a few weeks or months. I don't know why you would do this instead of using a laptop. Okay, that begs the question of whether I can run opensuse instead of debian. Since we have ARM64 releases it might work. Debian has a boot directory with EFI and grub in it. I haven't spotted a device tree. I will be wasting lots of time trying to figure this out. Bill
Hi Bill, On 19.03.25 17:13 Bill Merriam wrote:
I don't know why you would do this instead of using a laptop.
Because you can, of course! :-)
I will be wasting lots of time trying to figure this out.
Looking forward to hearing how it went. BTW, wasn't there someone recently starting a kubernetes cluster on his phone? I think someone tooted about it on Mastodon... Kind Regards, Johannes
Hi Bill, On 19.03.25 17:13 Bill Merriam wrote:
I don't know why you would do this instead of using a laptop.
Because you can, of course! :-)
I will be wasting lots of time trying to figure this out.
Looking forward to hearing how it went. BTW, wasn't there someone recently starting a kubernetes cluster on his phone? I think someone tooted about it on Mastodon... Kind Regards, Johannes
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