Sorry, I see that you use the laptop for email. But why not use it for other things, too? Facebook, certainly. On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe this will help: > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/229287/how-do-i-make-ubuntu-appear-as-a-bluetooth-keyboard > > Here's my question: If you have a laptop with you, then why use the > phone for email? Is it because you can use your data connection when > there is no WiFi? What I would do is use the phone as a WiFi hotspot > and then use the laptop for email. I don't know if all Android phones > with all carriers can do that, but with T-Mobile I've been doing it > and it works great. > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Steve Trapp <stevetrapp at comcast.net> wrote: >> In-lined my reply: >> >> On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 12:06:45PM -0500, Mike Miller wrote: >>> I didn't understand this: "I'm all over on communications and it is >>> **all** done in my smartphone (the communicator)." At first I thought >>> you were talking about a specific app, but maybe you just mean that >>> you communicate a lot through your phone. So you need to use it for >>> email and stuff, which means typing a lot with the phone. Have you >>> tried buying a portable bluetooth keyboard? Example: >> >> Yes, I use my phone for almost all communications (GroupMe, facebook, meetup >> amongst others). The exception is email is usually done on a laptop... >> >>> Closed size: 5.8" x 3.6" x 0.7", Open Size: 9.9" x 3.5" x 0.2" >>> https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Keyboard-Portable-Keyboards-Smartphone/dp/B00WSL8FH4/ >>> >>> I don't know if that one is better than any of the others. A few are >>> compared in a table -- scroll down to see it. >>> >>> Mike >> >> Thanks, I've seen many offers for *real* BlueTooth keyboards. But I'm reluctant >> to carry a BlueTooth keyboard *and* a laptop. I once had Linux-laptop-running- >> as-a-Bluetooth-Keyboard, so I know it's possible; so I can do it again, and >> this time WRITE DOWN the procedure! (Configuration can be a <BLEEP!>). >> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Steve Trapp <stevetrapp at comcast.net> wrote: >>> > I think my smartphone has a 5.1_inch display. >>> > >>> > I mostly use Android apps, of course, on my Samsung Galaxy S7. But I do run >>> > GNURoot-Debian for the following applications and don't use any andoid app for >>> > these: >>> > : ssh >>> > : scp >>> > : sftp >>> > : Reluctanly, I use it" for access to my comcast.net-sited "email". (It's >>> > better than nothing when you didn't bring your laptop with you). >>> > [Note: add your favorite computers' IP addresses to GNURoot-path >>> > /etc/hosts--Android seems to not do DNS well--at least within GNURoot?!] >>> > >>> > So I use GNURoot for all file transfers to/from my {laptop, desktop} from/to my >>> > < allegedly smart >-phone, and SSH-ing. >>> > >>> > And that is mostly it. I can, however, put a few of my relative seldom used >>> > homebrewed C programs on it, if I find they're at all useful (and they can't >>> > do X11...). I just haven't got around to it yet. >>> > >>> > Plus, I'm planning on putting a bunch of data on the smarty-pants-phone >>> > so I have that data at my fingertips. Haven't got around to this, either, yet. >>> > >>> > Lastly, I can also ssh to my desktop (typically the laptop isn't "on" 24 hours >>> > but the desktop is) if I don't have my laptop with me, I can still get access >>> > to my desktop-Linux/GNU-Box for, say, a file or a line of information from a >>> > file. >>> > >>> > And, I have a crude app to get my POP3 email on my desktop to send the HTML >>> > version of the email to the phone so I can read it. I did this with mutt, >>> > and liberal use of nc (nc is netcat) in /bin/sh scripts. >>> > >>> > Of course all of this stinks, because the keyboard has to be so small. >>> > But it works well enough. >>> > >>> > I did once figure out how to make my Linux laptop act as a Bluetooth keyboard, >>> > but unfortunately I didn't write the procedure down. I am interested in trying >>> > it again soon, however, because of another problem, namely, I'm all over on >>> > communications and it is **all** done in my smartphone (the communicator). >>> > So a real keyboard would make it much easier to write messages, emails, >>> > even a GNURoot session. >>> > >>> > On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 12:45:29AM -0500, Mike Miller wrote: >>> >> Thanks for the info, Steve. I'll be giving it a try, too. >>> >> >>> >> Yeah, a 1920x1080 smartphone could be hard on the eyes, to say the >>> >> least. Maybe it's a little easier on a Fire HD 8. Also, you can >>> >> usually change fonts and icon sizes in Linux, so that could help. >>> >> >>> >> I'm thinking of using VNCviewer on it. Have any of you ever done that? >>> >> >>> >> Mike >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Iznogoud <iznogoud at nobelware.com> wrote: >>> >> > Oh man, it pains me to think of using a terminal on a smartphone for anything >>> >> > more than one command! My eyes would totally suck at this, as would my fingers. >>> >> > >>> >> > It did help to be able to SSH to my iphone and do some tweaking from a proper >>> >> > system when I had to. >>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>> >> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> >> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> >> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Name: Steve Trapp >>> > Location: Just east of the Missippi River >>> > Email-address: stevetrapp<AT>comcast<DOT>net >>> > Homepage: comcast DROPPED ALL HOMEPAGES--Where do I put my PGP public key now? >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> -- >> Name: Steve Trapp >> Location: Just east of the Missippi River >> Email-address: stevetrapp<AT>comcast<DOT>net >> Homepage: comcast DROPPED ALL HOMEPAGES--Where do I put my PGP public key now? >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list