Thanks but that would not fit my case as I'd have to install locally all the toolchain. As much as possible I'd like to have everything on a remote server.
I love the feeling of Ducky but the lack of arrow keys in the Mecha Mini is painful...at least other keyboards are solving the issue with the tap/hold...
Thanks for the reply, actually I wasn't aware of that functionality in Github, that's fantastic!
If only I could have something similar selfhosted... :)
That's a possibility for sure.
My suggestion would be first to test the capability of the device before buying anything. Once you're satisfied with it, you can take the next steps and buy additional hardware.
In my experience a USB-C -> ETH port was a great purchase as I was experiencing shaky WiFi connection possibly due to battery saving settings.
Based on my personal experience at least one year on a 5 years old mobile.
It can last longer but I decommissioned it because I got a NUC.
I had setup a charge limiter (between 20% and 80%) with Magisk, initially it was through an automation in homeassistant but the battery usage was very high.
In terms of charge cycles it was one or two per day max
Hello, that's perfectly possible, actually I was selfhosting on android until recently.
You can find more info in this post: https://lemmy.world/post/5342541
Unless you need some heavyweight lifting and you're ok with installing directly the applications (no docker, sorry), that's a good portable homeserver.
My only suggestion: buy an ethernet adapter as the WiFi connectivity will drop sometimes.
It is possible nowadays: I'm hosting quite a few services on an 5 years old Android. Just with Termux, no root required.
Of course connectef it's just to the internal network due to all the security concerns mentioned in the post.
To solve all the bandwidth/connection issues, I've bought a usbc-ethernet dongle that works like a charm.
To mitigate battery issues I've limited the charging to 85%.
I would never host Jellyfin there, but with webdav and Kodi I can get my media served easily to all my devices at home
Until one week ago I was using an old Samsung A20 with good results. I moved to a mini PC as I wanted to host Immich server and I felt it was too much for the phone (it might not be the case though...)
Software:
Termux (android app)
SSH (OpenSSH in Termux)
Rclone (in Termux)
Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr (in proot-distro)
Transmission (in proot-distro)
Kavitha (in proot-distro)
Podgrab (in proot-distro)
Ombi (in proot-distro)
ntfy (in proot-distro)
Filebrowser (in proot-distro)
Vaultwarden (in proot-distro)
Homer with lighttpd (in proot-distro)
TLDR: Go for it! Use Termux with proot-distro to avoid headaches
Usually companies that use open source software in their products contribute actively to the projects.
And with "actively" I mean sponsoring the project and/or contributing to the development with PRs.
Considering the "rude" reply, it seems that there were already other arguments between the dev and the one that reported the bug.
With Armbian installed, you can offload services that require to be always active on the box and create an "on-off" schedule for the homelab. This will save quite some electricity usage especially if your homelab is beefy
Thanks a lot, great suggestion! I'll play around with it and let you know :)