So I have seen a few post about running Linux on Android.
You can root the phone, set up a chroot and run a vnc…blah blah blah
This is much easier.
Go get Termux, it is a bash terminal with apt installed. Doesn’t require root if you don’t want to. It has packages to run like Fedora or Arch if Debian ain’t your thing. Has a decent sized repo.
Even if you don’t really need it still use it since you can use it for ssh, irc, etc… in one app
Also has support for Python, Ruby, Java.node with gcc. And has whatever text editor you like so this make a handy little dev app
Or if you are like me and don’t care for Google:
It also has a plug in for Tasker so if you want to execute bash scripts based on GPS location as well as a widget.
So, now you have this handy IT Swiss Army Knife and you ping a device to make sure it is up. Oh shit! You don’t have a control key to end the process. The volume down will act as control.
That’s dumb, though, let’s get a proper keyboard.
The Hacker’s Keyboard with alt, control and tab for that dank auto completion:
There is also dictionaries for whatever language you use. It doesn’t have Emojis, I am sure you are heart broken.
But a decent messaging app like Signal or Silence do have those so you can still post Emoji poops to your loved ones.
@Dje4321 added some handy info to have the phone act as a ssh server.
You grow that neck beard son!