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any cool ideas what i could do with termux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] kmacmartin@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Termux is awesome! I use it for a bunch of things:

sshing into servers and my home when I'm out and about
using croc to transfer files
making videos I'm going to send people smaller with ffmpeg
downloading stuff with yt-dlp
giving myself access to the sandbox + /sdcard from other computers by running an ssh server
scripting phone stuff (like taking photos) with the api
running weechat locally, which I can then connect to with weechat android
using vim
probably a bunch of other things I'm forgetting

[–] noddy 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using termux for SSH as well. Haven't heard about croc before. Are there advantages over copying files with ssh (scp) for example?

[–] kmacmartin@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

The main advantages for me are:

You don't need to swap ssh keys, which makes it great for setting up new systems I haven't connected to everything else yet (or don't plan to)
It's cross platform
The devices don't need to be on the same network (it NAT busts too)

[–] jason123santa@lemmy.jasonsanta.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

croc is best to use the android app instead of croc in termux

[–] hottari@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why install another app when croc is available from termux?

[–] kmacmartin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

That's pretty much where I'm at too, and I find it easier to get to the file(s) I want to send through the cli. No judgement to anyone who prefers the gui though!