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The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by mochizuki »

w0utert wrote: post #8
habosa wrote: post #2

This is my mobile setup. Let me know if you have any questions about the specifics or ways I could improve this. I just finished it today and thought I'd share.

I'm probably missing something crucial here, but I was just wondering why you actually need the Raspberry Pi? I'm don't own any Android devices so I'm not an expert, but wasn't the idea that you could easily install and run a Linux userland with all your tools, directly on the Transformer Prime?

Writing, compiling, and executing Java and Haskell code can't be done (easily, at least) on the Transformer Prime, so he's just exploiting the batter life (along with it's inexpensiveness, and effortless syncing) of the Transformer and using it as a mobile access point to his pi where he can code.

Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by fmstephe »

I recently installed Ubuntu on my first generation chromebook. (http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/chrubuntu-1204-n...) This is a perfect setup for me. I have a linode as well, but found that 3G and wireless wasn't good enough for out and about (I live in Yorkshire UK).

I cannot say enough good things about the chromebook w/ Ubuntu. It is an endless pleasure to use. The one caveat to this is that I only use a handful of terminals and the browser. I suspect that using any of the other GUI features of Unity is probably miserable (as they are on my i7 machine too)

Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by narag »

habosa wrote: post #2

This is my mobile setup. Let me know if you have any questions about the specifics or ways I could improve this. I just finished it today and thought I'd share.

Thank you for sharing. I plan to buy a Transformer (with a cellphone card for data access) for Christmas. I'll use the VPS instead of the Pi, but it's nice to know that it's a viable option. Every suggestion for the software is greatly appreciated.

Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by Buzaga »

I've been thinking about getting this kind of setup too, without the Pi(Also, I'm in Brazil, it's probably hard to get one around here)

What I was thinking of was getting an Asus Transformer and running Ubuntu on it, I've read that's possible(maybe without touchscreen, but I just need a long battery, keyboard, command-line, vim, browser)

could somebody tell me what's wrong with this?(I see browser could be an issue if touchscreen doesn't work there, but I already use Vimium and I guess I could circumvent this, I'm more worried about general malfunction or higher battery consumption)

I'd also like to know if it's possible to get this(vim, terminal, ruby, etc) directly in a Android JellyBean(since Android runs a fork of linux...)

Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by jeroen94704 »

mochizuki wrote: post #11
w0utert wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm probably missing something crucial here, but I was just wondering why you actually need the Raspberry Pi? I'm don't own any Android devices so I'm not an expert, but wasn't the idea that you could easily install and run a Linux userland with all your tools, directly on the Transformer Prime?

Writing, compiling, and executing Java and Haskell code can't be done (easily, at least) on the Transformer Prime, so he's just exploiting the batter life (along with it's inexpensiveness, and effortless syncing) of the Transformer and using it as a mobile access point to his pi where he can code.

The question is really: Why an RPi, specifically, instead of, e.g., your macbook or any other desktop-class hardware you have at home? When thinking of a development machine, the first thing that comes to mind is pretty much NOT an RPi. In fact, for my own RPi development, it is more efficient to develop under Linux (possibly run in a VM), and cross-compile to ARM than it is to compile on the RPi directly.

Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by intellegacy »

This is kind of a newbie question... but how does one develop java code through SSH?

I thought SSH was run through terminal command line. ie. all text. I can understand coding in vim with python or ruby through the command line. I'm not sure how its done with languages that need an IDE? like java

Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by chipz »

ukjadoon wrote: post #7

I have a Nexus 7 with a bluetooth keyboard, I rooted it and installed Debian. I can SSH into it and pretty much do anything I want (I use ConnectBot or Terminal IDE). I have installed Vim, PHP5 Cli, MySQL and also PHPUnit. For testing sites locally in a browser, I have installed KSWeb. I also use an RDP client to access the LXDE desktop on Debian. Is there really a need to SSH into an RPi when one can have a setup li…

My question here is OOT, can Nexus 7 be used with bluetooth keyboard with its original OS?

Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by aidos »

intellegacy wrote: post #17

This is kind of a newbie question... but how does one develop java code through SSH? I thought SSH was run through terminal command line. ie. all text. I can understand coding in vim with python or ruby through the command line. I'm not sure how its done with languages that need an IDE? like java

No languages strictly need an IDE. I don't really work with Java so I can't comment with how well you'd get it integrated in VIM. There are a few tips here that could help [0].

[0] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/253170/tips-for-using-vim...

Re: The Ultimate Mobile Computer: Connecting an Asus Transformer and a Raspberry Pi

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Post by randomchars »

chipz wrote: post #18
ukjadoon wrote: post #7

I have a Nexus 7 with a bluetooth keyboard, I rooted it and installed Debian. I can SSH into it and pretty much do anything I want (I use ConnectBot or Terminal IDE). I have installed Vim, PHP5 Cli, MySQL and also PHPUnit. For testing sites locally in a browser, I have installed KSWeb. I also use an RDP client to access the LXDE desktop on Debian. Is there really a need to SSH into an RPi when one can have a setup li…

My question here is OOT, can Nexus 7 be used with bluetooth keyboard with its original OS?

Yes. Android support bluetooth keyboards.
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