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Ivon的部落格
Personal blog · ivonblog.com/en-us/postssystemsprogramming
Ivon的部落格 is a personal blog at ivonblog.com about systems and programming. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its tutorial on running a Linux desktop on Android via Termux-X11. The posts relate to reusing old phones and Linux on Android.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
歡迎來到Ivon的部落格，這裡是分享GNU/Linux情報、自由開源軟體、電腦手機資訊、人文思辨的所在。在這裡你會看到許多自由軟體的實際操作心得，以及將其運用在生活中的各種可能性。
Most-linked posts?
- /en-us/posts/termux-x11/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-15
What Hacker News says?
It's such a shame that there isn't a larger community around reusing/recycling these old phones. Most of the recentish phones contain hardware that performs far better than e.g a Rasberry Pi (plus a screen, camera and built-in UPS) and they are far easier to find than a Rasberry Pi. With a bit of tinkering one can run a "full" Linux distribution on Android phones (although hardware acceleration is a bit wonky and de…
Comment linking /en-us/posts/termux-x11/
on “Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022?”Submitted Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without a custom ROM (2024) as a story · 48 points
HN discussionMy favorite device is an android phone these days. With termux, I can get most of my work done right away. This is especially true since I switched from VS Code to yazi+helix in the command line as an IDE. The rest of what I need works in a proot ubuntu instance[1] Also, since Android 13, the overall OS is pretty good with floating windows. Some brands (Samsung, Honor, etc.) have full on desktop experiences now with…
Comment linking /en-us/posts/termux-proot-distro-ubuntu
on “My favorite device is a Chromebook”Submitted Review of Linux Android Gaming Emulator Solutions as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttps://github.com/termux/termux-x11 By default it launches with xfce. The best tutorial for using it is: https://ivonblog.com/en-us/posts/termux-x11/ please ignore the pervy anime.
Comment linking /en-us/posts/termux-x11/
on “Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without a custom ROM (2024)”Submitted I Degoogle My Android Phone with MicroG and Aurora Store as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted From KDE Neon to Debian and KDE: Chasing a Latest and Stable Linux Desktop as a story · 1 points
HN discussion