Feeling At Home In Android Terminal

Over the years I’ve been becoming more and more comfortable with using the Terminal, to the point of having a small Git repository that acts as my “toolbox”, where I can run a single command and configure a terminal to be just the way I like it. This includes installing zsh, a slightly customized theme, neovim and all my plugins. I recently had the idea to try using this toolbox on my Android phone using the application Termux ad had great results....

July 17, 2021 · 1 min · Greg Hilston

How I Use Obsidian Mobile With Git On Android

I’ve recently starting using Obsidian MD for taking notes, having used Google Docs, Notion, Next Cloud and just raw markdown that I wrote in my own style. So far I’ve been liking the mark down approach, with files on my own system. Since the content does not get automatically synced by Obsidian, I’ve decided to use a remote private git repository, hosted by Github, to sync my content across devices. This is fairly easy to do on Mac, Windows and Linux but took a little imagination to achieve on Android....

July 13, 2021 · 2 min · Greg Hilston

SSH, SFTP and HTTP File Server On Android

If you’re like me, you’re a big fan of usng terminal tools and also hate having to drag out a cable to sync data from one device to another. I’ve found a few useful android apps that I use often to transfer files to and from my phone: JuiceSSH - SHH Client is a SSH client that easil allows one to save many connections, users and even SSH keys. I use this to remote into say my home server or linux desktop from my phone....

May 9, 2021 · 1 min · Greg Hilston