I turned an old Android phone into a server for my LAN - here's how and why

Jack Wallen/ZDNET

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.

ZDNET's key takeaways

Termux makes it easy to get a Linux terminal emulator on Android.

With Termux, you can turn your phone into a server.

Termux is free to install from F-Droid.

I often adapt old phones and tablets for uses other than their intended purpose. Usually, it's just for fun; sometimes there's a method to my madness. Over the weekend, I decided to try turning a phone that had been resting silently in a drawer into a server…specifically, a Linux server.

That's right. I wanted to see what I could do with Apache and a few other bits and pieces. In the end, I wound up with a fun little website as a test, and now I'm going to show you how I did it.

Also: I found a free Android app that makes deleting photos as easy as swiping left

... continue reading