Android

How to connect to an Android phone with Bluetooth on Linux.

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Connecting to Bluetooth on Linux is easy when you use the Bluetoothctl utility. This makes connecting to an Android phone with Bluetooth very simple. I am using Ubuntu for this article on my server. After plugging in my USB Bluetooth adapter, I was able to connect to my Android phone using Bluetooth. Run the bluetoothctl … Read more

Windows 11 allows linking an Android phone to a PC. This is very interesting.

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Windows 11 lets a user link their Android phone to their computer. You may then access all photos and text messages over the network. Does this mean you could still access your Android phone if you left it at home over the Internet? But this is a very interesting Windows feature. This means you can … Read more

Best Android apps for 2017.

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The best Android apps for 2017 There are some awesome Android apps available now. Here is a selection of the few that I have found useful. Barcode scanner This app can scan barcodes on products and also allow the user to lookup the product online. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&hl=en. Works extremely well. It can also scan QR codes … Read more

Useful Android apps for connecting to a Linux server.

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Useful Android SSH and terminal apps Juice SSH. This is a useful app for Android that allows connecting to Linux machines with SSH. Termux. This is a terminal emulator app for Android that is a fully featured Linux shell. Very good for practicing Linux shell commands on Android. There is even a limited array of … Read more

Some awesome Android or Apple wallpapers for your phone.

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Sun shining through grapes on the vine: Wallpaper. Black and white brick wall wallpaper: Wallpaper. Amanita mushrooms and glowing butterflies: Wallpaper. Concrete texture 1080p: Wallpaper. Old Ford car dashboard: Wallpaper. Rocky Mountains mobile wallpaper 1080p: Wallpaper. Railroad tracks glowing in afternoon light: Wallpaper. Push for the end mobile wallpaper: Wallpaper. More HD mobile wallpapers: http://mwp4.me/1080×1920/. … Read more

Useful applications and extensions for doing a WIFI site survey on Linux.

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The WIFI Scanner application for Linux allows you to perform a WIFI site survey to test signal strength when deploying a wireless setup. This is very useful; you can walk around the building and see the signal strength to determine whether you should tweak the transmit power or add more wireless access points to improve … Read more

Awesome GTK themes for Linux Mint 15. Some even better themes for Linux desktops.

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Some awesome themes for the Linux Mint 15 MATE desktop. Numix: http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962. This is a very nice flat theme for MATE that is very monochome and stylish. Clearlooks Phenix: http://www.jpfleury.net/en/software/clearlooks-phenix.php. This is a GTK 3 port of the venerable Clearlooks theme. Holo: http://tiheum.deviantart.com/art/Holo-280076980. This is a very good theme that mimics the look of the … Read more

Linux superiour to Windows and Google Android OS on x86. As well as Apple security issues.

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  Microsoft are adopting Linux on their Azure system. This shows that Linux is more reliable than their own Windows Server product. Microsoft used to run their Hotmail E-Mail service on FreeBSD UNIX servers, they do not use that any-more but Linux still has some life left in it, if a huge mega-corporation like Microsoft … Read more

More useful Google Android software.

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Google Android has quite a good range of software available for use, the BluekeyboardJP software I have installed on Android 2.2.2 works perfectly with the Bluetooth Apple keyboard I purchased a while ago. The Blueinput software is overpriced and inserts annoying text into what you are typing. The Dolphin HD web browser is perfect for … Read more

Sample Google Android commands output.

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This is the output of the uname command on my Android tablet. # uname Linux version 2.6.29-s70 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #8 PREEMPT Wed Oct 27 21:55:55 CST 2010# uname Linux version 2.6.29-s70 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #8 PREEMPT Wed Oct 27 21:55:55 CST 2010 And this is the output of … Read more

Using the command-line on Google Android, and other useful apps.

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This terminal emulator application for the Google Android operating system allows the user to execute various commands on their Android devices. The command set is fairly restricted, but the ability to access the Linux command line on Android makes up for this. You may use the cat command to view the contents of files such … Read more

Android marketplace taking over from conventional distribution.

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The Google Android application store is taking over from conventional methods of software distribution. The marketplace available on Android devices allows you to install applications such as Winamp for playing music and the Opera Mobile web browser, which is superior to the built in web browser on the Huawei S7, which does not allow image … Read more

Linux kernel 3.3 released, including some Android code?

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The Linux kernel 3.3 has been released and among other features that have been included, there is some code from Google Android included. This is an interesting development, this does not mean that you can run Angry Birds on a Debian or Linux Mint system, but this could lead to something cool in the future. … Read more

Ubuntu Linux coming to the Google Android platform.

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The Ubuntu Linux distribution is coming to the Google Android hardware platform. This means that the secure and open Linux operating system will be coming to the popular Android hardware. The Google Android operating system, although it is based on Linux, has been the subject of much controversy over the security issues that have plagued … Read more