Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : TALIADON
Date : Sat Jul 23 2022 16:14:14

 pF> Maybe not out of the box, but there are some interesting experiments. I
 pF> had  a rooted android phone, and was able to run a full distro in a
 pF> chroot'ed  jail, using Android's Linux kernel.
 pF> 
 pF> Ran VNC server in the Linux instance, and was able to run a full windows 
 pF> environment locally on the phone using an Android VNC client, or run it
 pF> from  my desktop. It was an interesting experiment in taking your
 pF> environment with  you.

As I say, I don't really know a thing about Android, but it certainly appears to have a few more tricks than the phone OS I took it for.

 pF> I don't know if there's an RDP protocol server for Linux (I think there
 pF> is),  but that would be ideal - use any standard Windows environment to
 pF> access a  desktop environment that fits in your pocket...

I could certainly find a use for that!

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