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linux-android: turn any old Android phone into a Linux desktop or a smart home server

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What I ask myself here is why I should have unused phones lying around in the first place? If I somehow think constantly wasting money on a new model just because there is a new number written on its packaging is worth it, I would not actually think in terms of reusing old hardware. If I am however thinking about using hardware instead of just throwing it away while still functional why wouldn’t I use a phone as anyone else as a phone?

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I still have my previous phone… S5 that I used for seven years until it couldn’t get updates and I “needed” some apps that wouldn’t run on the old android version (I don’t remember what they were at this point or if there was a way around it). It’s been sitting on my desk for the past 5 years waiting for a purpose. The battery is shot but it still “works”. Maybe this is that purpose because I was specifically looking for something like this a few months back …because I thought it would be funny to have that phone as a server.

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