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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Got a PC up and running linux with this

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[–] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

This is mighty useful and something I wouldn't know to search for. Thanks!

[–] vortexal@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Do modern android phones have standard USB ports or can you just use USB storage devices through the charging port with an adapter?

[–] cron@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Most phones have standard USB-C connectors where you can connect USB-C storage devices. For USB-A, you obviously need an adapter or a docking station.

[–] vortexal@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ok, I was confused because OP said USB "sticks". I knew that Linux phones have standard USB ports so I thought that maybe modern android phones had them too.

[–] cron@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"USB Stick" is the german word for "USB flash drive". This sometimes leads to confusion.

And BTW, I have never seen any phone with an USB-A port. As you mentioned Linux phones, the pine phones come with USB-C.

[–] vortexal@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Ok, I know what happened. Because of Wikipedia's new layout, I saw "two USB 2.0 ports" but missed the part where it stated that those were included on the docking bar.

On a side note, I have seen people take a raspberry PI and use a case with a touch screen and a battery so they can use it as a phone.

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tried to use this the other day. Seems like it doesn't work on Android 14?

[–] yum 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 1 points 11 months ago

What phone?

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do we not have enough perfectly functioning tools for this? Etcher? Rufus? Ventoy? Fedora Media Writer?

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] macattack@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the additional context. Not the initial commenter but I didn't realize this was for Android either

[–] airikr@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

The logo is Android on a USB-A. The link goes to F-Droid which contains only Android apps. The thread is on the fdroid community.

I have no clue of how you and the other person thought it was not an Android app.