Re: Fwd: The $20 Android tablet

On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 1:30 AM, dmccunney <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 7:41 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sun, April 27, 2014 8:52 am, dmccunney wrote:
>>
>>>> BusyBox Pro:
>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox.donate
>>
>>> Android already includes Busybox.  Busybox Pro looks interesting for
>>> the ability to add/remove Busybox components, but without an external
>>> keyboard, using the console is somewhat problematic.  (And the default
>>> keyboard on the A727 appears to lack a | character, so I can't do things
>>> like "grep <whatever> | less")

And poking around a bit, the Android Busybox has an assortment of
things that aren't accessible - the code exists in the executable, but
the links to call the function don't.  I doubt I can create the links
without rooting the device first.

>>> This one doesn't seem to exist on Google Play any longer.  I had to
>>> grab it from the MetrO home page.  I have it on the PDA, and it's nice to
>>> see it on Android.
>>
>> I don't think it ever was, perhaps MyAppShares made the link...?
>
> Likely.  There's also an official MTA app, I believe, which will be a
> must have for NYC, which has the world's largest subway system, plus
> lots of busses and commuter rail.

And as it happens, while there are official MTA apps, they are for
iPhone/iPad, not Android (though the MTA does stream the data for use
by third-party app developers..

>> and, if you find any useful tools for *nix admin, please let us know
>
> The ones I can think of on a tablet would be tools like an SSH client
> to get you connected to a *nix system, and an FTP client to copy stuff
> back and forth, plus a .good terminal emulator.
>
> Thinking about it, I should see if there's a VNC port for Android...

And there are lots of them.  I grabbed the RealVNC Android app.  It's
made by the people who first developed VNC (AT&T's no longer extant
Cambridge, UK labs).  It was $10, but is now free (apparently to gain
attention for their paid enterprise server versions on other
platforms.)  On Windows and *nix, I install the open source TightVNC
variant (which also has an Android version I'll look at.)
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