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Figure 3: Crafty and Fruit are strong chess engines, playing against each other here on XBoard.

Running Linux apps on Android without rooting your phone

NEWS: Phone as Linux PC free

UserLAnd lets you run Linux applications on your Android phone – all without replacing Android OS.

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Figure 1: If you launch Geeqie from a terminal window, the program automatically displays the photos from the current directory.

LINUX VOICE: Organize your photo collection with Geeqie Art Sorted free

The image viewer Geeqie is used to view and sort image collections. The tool supports numerous formats, reads metadata, and – among other things – displays the location where you took the picture on a map.

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Figure 4: Your app will show the position of your phone on a map. As it moves, the red circle will follow it around.

Location, Location, Location

LINUX VOICE: Tutorial – gpsd free

Even though your computer does not come with its own GPS, you can hack one onto it using a mobile phone. Although, it does take quite a bit of fiddling.

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Android Admin Tools

Linux Remote Administration on Android and iOS

14.01.2014

Smartphones and tablets have lost their gadget status and become part of the system administrator’s tool kit. We look at the most important apps for admins.

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Mobiwiki: Simple Mobile-Friendly Wiki

Productivity Sauce

30.12.2013
As the name suggests, Mobiwiki is a mobile-friendly wiki engine that works equally well on large and small screens. But this is not the only thing that makes this little wiki stand out from the crowd.
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Push Tabs with Firefox Sync

Productivity Sauce

29.10.2013
Firefox Sync integrates with Android's sharing functionality, which lets you push the currently opened website to another linked machine or device. You can put this feature to many practical uses.
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Brief Look at CloudFTP

Productivity Sauce

29.03.2012
CloudFTP is a bit of a misnomer, as it hasn't much to do with cloud computing per se. In fact, this miniature Linux-powered device is designed to make any USB mass storage device accessible via a wireless connection.
HTML5 , mobile , Server , wireless
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SSH Tunneling on Android for Secure Web Browsing

Productivity Sauce

08.02.2012
When you are on the move, you can easily secure your Internet connection by setting up an SSH tunnel, provided you have a remote SSH server to connect to. But what if you are using an Android device when you are out and about? ConnectBot has got you covered.
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DIY Mobile Photo Sharing with Piwigo and ReGalAndroid

Productivity Sauce

25.05.2011
If you happen to host your own photo gallery using Piwigo or Gallery and you use an Android device, you have almost everything you need to replace TwitPic, yfrog, or any other third-party mobile photo sharing service with your own DIY solution.
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Manage Your Photo Gallery from Android Using ReGalAndroid

Productivity Sauce

27.04.2011
If you host your own photo gallery using either Piwigo or Gallery software and you happen to use an Android device, the ReGalAndroid app is right up your alley.
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