Hosted on MSN

I turned my Android phone into a Linux desktop with a tool buried in Android 16

Android has tons of buried settings and hidden features that can surprise even the most experienced of users. The new Linux terminal on Android is no exception to this rule, buried beneath a trove of ...
Hosted on MSN

My old Android phone became a Linux server, and it handles more than I expected

I've been trying to find a good use for the old Android phone that I have lying around. It has capable hardware with 8 GB RAM and a fairly modern processor. For the longest time, I have only used it ...
ZDNet

I turned an old Android phone into a server for my LAN – here’s how and why

Got an old Android phone or tablet lying around? Turn it into a test server for experiments and development - it's simpler than you think. I often adapt old phones and tablets for uses other than ...
XDA Developers

I turned my old Android phone into a Home Assistant server, and it actually works

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...