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Google is bringing full on KVM to Android 13

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Yeah! Now, you’ve gotta wonder how well it’ll perform but someone has already run Windows 11 on their Pixel 6 running the Android 13 preview. Here’s the tweets https://twitter.com/kdrag0n/status/1492754683445669893 and here’s a link to an asrticle that goes into more detail about the KVM implementation https://blog.esper.io/android-dessert-bites-5-virtualization-in-android-13-351789/ if you want more info.

https://www.androidauthority.com/windows-11-android-13-3107906 is the source article with some higher level info

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Linux in a browser

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Now that you’ve got docker set up on your Mac or Windows box or even on your Linux machine or NAS or chromebook (see https://tonystakeontech.com/2022/02/08/a-cookbook-to-run-docker-on-your-chromebook/), what can you do with it? Well, I could send you over to https://hub.docker.com/search?type=image but that just shows you some of what’s available in the world of docker containers. Instead, how about running Linux in a docker container that you can access locally in your browser? Yeah, I know, it’s a bit funky in that you may already be running Linux, with or without a GUI, but it’s an easy project and even kinda fun.

Head on over to https://tech.davidfield.co.uk/webtops-linux-desktop-in-a-web-browser/ for the cookbook to bring up Webtop (more info at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-webtop including different base images like XFCE Ubuntu, KDE Alpine, etc). And, BTW, there are quite a few more images available over at linuxserver.io so check them out, too. That link to docs.linuxserver.io lists other images.

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A cookbook to run docker on your chromebook

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I know, if you’re running Linux on your chromebook then you’re already running a virtual image but until Google releases the code that makes it easier to add images alongside Linux, this is probably the easiest way to run them, albeit in your existing Linux container. https://dvillalobos.github.io/2020/How-to-install-and-run-Docker-on-a-Chromebook/ is a cookbook approach which makes setting it up even easier and you can be up and running docker images in…well, it took me less than 10 minutes (I already had my Linux environment set up on my 11th gen Acer Spin 713)

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Free (yes, FREE) container hosting

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I ran across this a few weeks ago and had to fiddle with it a bit before posting anything about it.

Fly.io will host a docker container 24×7 with FREE inbound data, 3GB of persistent storage, and 100GB of free outbound data (160GB in some regions) with a minimal charge for additional data (bandwidth or storage). What can you do with that? Bring up a Debian container for SSH; host your own VPN; host your own password management app; just fool around!

Before deploying your first app you’ll have to give them a funding source which CANNOT be a prepaid card (like one from Privacy.com) although you CAN buy credits (minimum $25) with a prepaid card. Be aware that they have systems in place to detect fraud and high resource utilization so once you’;ve signed up and given them a funding source, you still may not be able to fly launch because your account is marked as high risk, Just email [email protected] and they should be able to resolve it,

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Jq? Nah, fx!

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Another neat tool I came across recently, is fx (https://github.com/antonmedv/fx). It’s Linux/Mac only (altho a chromebook’s Linux or Windows WSL should work, too) and gives you the ability to pretty print JSON. But that’s not all! It has quite an extensive set of capabilities so I invite you to check it out,

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Make your own private (or public) wiki

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It’s been around for quite a while (version 21 is out) but I just came across it recently. https://www.bookstackapp.com/ is its homepage but you can grab the source over on github (link on the homepage). Why would you want to host your own wiki? Keep track of information like research or recipes or a journal or…just to be a nerd! Securely share with friends – it’s got authentication via LDAP, SAML, Google, Slack and others with multi-factor authentication on a per user basis. You can restrict registration so the only way to add a user is from an admin account and you can restrict content so the site is only available to registered users. Seriously, it looks like something worth considering.

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Ever feel the need to create a local backup of your email?

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I admit, it never occurred to me but now that someone has created a tool, I think it ay not be a bad idea! Maybe not ALL of my email but maybe my subscriptions and purchases and license keys?

Check out https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup for details and installation.

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