Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-23 Thread Phill Coxon
On 22/07/12 22:31, Jim Cheetham wrote: Nokia N900 - should be old enough to be cheapish by now. Runs a Debianish environment natively, you get root, no hacking needed for ssh, OpenVPN etc. Android devices don't generally have a ctrl key ... even with my tablet that has got one, finding a

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-23 Thread Robert Fisher
Another one I have played with is Better Terminal Emulator Pro. On Jul 23, 2012 12:08 AM, Phill Coxon phi...@xtra.co.nz wrote: On 22/07/12 22:34, Roger Searle wrote: Can be done easily from my Galaxy S2, there are numerous ssh apps in Play. You'd want a large screen - not compatible with

[Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Aidan Gauland
Hypothetical question: say I have a shell server set up with all my favourite command-line and console programs; now I want to log in to said server from anywhere with mobile phone coverage, using a handheld terminal. Waiting at the bus stop, catch up on newsgroups; stopped for coffee, check in

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz If, for whatever reason, you want a phone to use just to SSH into another system, what are the best options? Obviously, it should be cheap, and you would probably want a physical, QWERTY keyboard. (Since it's a

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Phill Coxon
On 22/07/12 22:34, Roger Searle wrote: Can be done easily from my Galaxy S2, there are numerous ssh apps in Play. You'd want a large screen - not compatible with cheap. It's a bit awkward - small text and screen height, no obvious equivalents for up arrow or ctrl + r I make frequent use of,

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: On 22/07/12 21:27, Aidan Gauland wrote: Hypothetical question: say I have a shell server set up with all my favourite command-line and console programs; now I want to log in to said server from anywhere with mobile

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Vik Olliver
On 22/07/12 22:31, Jim Cheetham wrote: Nokia N900 - should be old enough to be cheapish by now. Runs a Debianish environment natively, you get root, no hacking needed for ssh, OpenVPN etc. Now that my Android phone can no longer receive text messages because all the system updates have filled

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Roy Britten
On 22 July 2012 21:27, Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz wrote: Hypothetical question: say I have a shell server set up with all my favourite command-line and console programs; now I want to log in to said server from anywhere with mobile phone coverage, using a handheld terminal.

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Aidan Gauland
On Sun, 2012-07-22 at 22:31 +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz If, for whatever reason, you want a phone to use just to SSH into another system, what are the best options? Obviously, it should be cheap, and you would probably

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Roger Searle
On 23/07/12 00:08, Phill Coxon wrote: On 22/07/12 22:34, Roger Searle wrote: Can be done easily from my Galaxy S2, there are numerous ssh apps in Play. You'd want a large screen - not compatible with cheap. It's a bit awkward - small text and screen height, no obvious equivalents for up arrow

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread C. Falconer
Roy Britten wrote, On 07/23/2012 10:56 AM: On 22 July 2012 21:27, Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz wrote: Hypothetical question: say I have a shell server set up with all my favourite command-line and console programs; now I want to log in to said server from anywhere with mobile phone

Re: [Linux-users] Handheld SSH client

2012-07-22 Thread Vik Olliver
On 23/07/12 11:14, Aidan Gauland wrote: Where's the control key on the n900? Top left hand corner of the keyboard. Vik :v) ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users