*sigh* I guess I'm going mobile

[Jerry Feldman]

On 06/14/2013 06:32 AM, David Rysdam wrote:
> Twice in the last week we've had incidents where I needed to contact my
> wife and couldn't. We have cheap crappy cellphones but they are so old
> that they don't work well (e.g. won't hold a charge, terrible coverage,
> etc) so we don't ever take them with us.
>
> I'm afraid I'm going to have to get something modern. It's possible
> we'll still get dumbphones, but I'm looking at the smartphone options as
> well, thus the *sigh*.
>
> Here's my Linux-related question: What smartphones will I have the least
> amount of trouble with if I need/want to connect them with my Linux
> computer? Presumably Android, but maybe not. Or possibly certain
> versions are better or worse than others.
There are several Android apps that you can use to connect, such as 
connectbot. Connection is via WiFi.

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66  C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90