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  Part 3: They said a phone can’t run without a battery. Unfortunately, Pettyl didn’t get the memo. This post is an update of the second part of my Moto server series: lemmy.zip/post/72142441 Rumor has it that keeping an 8-year-old phone permanently plugged in with its equally ancient Li-ion battery might not be the greatest idea ever conceived. Some even claimed that a phone needs a battery to work. Very negative people. Anyway, I removed it. Pettyl did not care. nginx: UP PHP-FPM: U...

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  Update: I turned my old Motorola E5 Play into an actual WordPress server We did it boys! Battery is no more: lemmy.zip/post/72181546 This post is a follow-up to my original post: lemmy.zip/post/71885626 Surprisingly, it wasn’t that tough to set up. My original plan was to install postmarketOS and turn the phone into a proper tiny Linux server. Unfortunately, my Moto E5 Play is the pettyl variant, while the available postmarketOS port is for james. I decided that turning the phone into a b...

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  Home server on old android phones? Hey guys, since I got into hosting my own servers, any electronic device I see I wonder - can it become a server? This is probably not a crazy and new idea with android phones, but I had to share it with you. If you don’t know, there’s this thing called postmarket OS, full linux experience on an android phone. Of course, not all phones are supported, but a phone like Galaxy Note 9 is a great candidate - it supports LAN over usb, postmarket OS fully support...