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Ask HN: Do you use Android's capability to connect devices via OTG?

4 pointsby plugnburnabout 9 years ago
My laptop&#x27;s hard drive died irrecoverably and it may take a while to get a replacement. Meanwhile, I managed to connect some USB peripherals (a 4-port hub and a keyboard + mouse through it) to my Alcatel OT-5065D smartphone via an OTG adapter and find the experience pretty revolutionizing.<p>Why? Because when combined with Termux (since the smartphone runs Android 5.1) it gives me the ability to install pretty much all working environment I got used to (NodeJS, gcc, git, SSH, Nano, Python, wget etc) and use all screen space wisely without virtual keyboard. In fact, I&#x27;m typing this way right now.<p>If only I had a Miracast dongle... that would convert the smartphone into a full-featured Linux box with a nice screen resolution.<p>Do you use this Android functionality to convert your own OTG-enabled devices from content consumption to content production?

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onion2kabout 9 years ago
I wasn&#x27;t aware of Termux. That is a <i>really</i> handy app. Thanks!
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