Comments on: Lazy Reading for 2014/11/23

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 18:58:55 +0000

“Docker and similar items appear to be an attempt to change an operating system from a place where you work to a thin wrapping around a program you run. Dunno if I like that.”

In a world where an operating system is an arbiter for multiple programs trying to use the same piece of hardware, it doesn’t make much sense. In a world where you’re using several pieces of hardware to run a single large application and you already have a hypervisor helping you load the software onto the hardware, a full-sized operating system just gets in the way. That’s not every situation, to be sure, but for data centres running large-scale applications, it’s a really useful idea.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:20:29 +0000

I wonder why run an SSH server on a phone (especially when there's ADB), but the rsync part could indeed be very useful -- using ADB to transfer files is a pain. (BTW, I do use my phone as a computer, now and then, with a linux chroot, this X server, and a bluetooth keypad.)

By: brynet

brynet — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:01:28 +0000

It seems SSHelper is using OpenSSH instead of dropbear. The built-in terminal emulator lets you run ssh(1) as well.

Google Play store wouldn’t let me install it. The website claims they support Android 3.2+ (API 13), so, I just fetched the .apk from there.

http://www.arachnoid.com/android/SSHelper/index.html
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard

Thanks Justin!