and I forgot to mention, I also use VX ConnectBot which is a fork. It also has sftp. Don't have much experience with it as I don't use ssh much away from home, but with an external keyboard it seems fine.
On 15 April 2015 at 12:42, thelionroars <[email protected]> wrote: > As with Wayne, I have a 2012 Wi-Fi-only Nexus 7 ($200 a year ago) and an > external keyboard/case which was $30 delivered on ebay. It's running stock > lollipop which is buggy on this particular hardware (no probs on my nexus > 4, except the freakin' battery life which is terrible). > > http://i.imgur.com/jEXA480.jpg > > The case just has a groove which the tablet fits into in landscape > orientation, and plastic clasps when acting as a case which feels very > sturdy. It works out fine on public transport in my lap, and very easy to > switch between use as a tablet and a tiny laptop. But, the keyboard is tiny > even for my small hands, and no tilda key :( . I have used it effectively > with lecture chair tables to take notes using a markdown app. I would say > this type of solution would work out fine for an 8-10 inch tablet with more > surface for the keyboard, as long as it has all the keys. Connection is via > bluetooth. That would leave finding something with 4G and stock android, > which probably narrows down the field quite a bit. The nexus 9 fits that > criteria but it's fairly expensive and I hear the build quality is not as > good as it should be for the price (a little give in the curved case, > screen is slightly cheapish etc.). > > As for a 'true' linux tablet, that's something of a white whale :/ > > - Edward > > On 15 April 2015 at 12:26, Wayne Moulden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The Android SSH client ConnectBot is quite good for what it does. >>>> >>> >>> ConnectBot, at least last version I looked at, intercepts a number of >>> keystrokes with no way of disabling - iirc alt+key are all intercepted. >>> Good for a limited soft keyboard, not so good if you have a hardware >>> keyboard and actually need to send those combinations through. >>> >>> I believe the VX ConnectBot version provides additional support for >> hardware keyboards, etc. I converted to this after I picked up a 'small' >> hardware keyboard and found certain keys not functioning correctly on my >> Nexus 7 2012. Might be worth a look to see if this version will suit your >> needs better. Never did get comfortable with the small keyboard but it gets >> me out of a jam on occasion. >> >> >> >>> JuiceSSH is much better at this, all key strokes get passed correctly to >>> the server, but its management of ssh-keys is poor. ssh-agent forwarding is >>> silently enabled with no way of disabling. If you click the checkbox to >>> save the ssh key password it permanently saves it with no option to delete >>> it. I don't think it is possible to change the password on an existing key. >>> >>> I also think the VX ConnectBot could be worth a look here, you seem to >> be able to toggle ssh-agent/X11 forwarding etc and you can remove keys. I >> haven't used the agent functionality to date. >> >> Wayne >> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> luv-main mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> luv-main mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main >> >> >
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