Android and Linux

[Rob Hasselbaum]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Rob Hasselbaum <rob-IdUdaS/NwSyQrzRDRVclEQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> Android plays well with Linux, which is not too surprising since it is
> based on Linux. When you connect the phone via USB to a Linux box, it'll
> appear as a mass storage device, so you can just copy files back and
> forth--music, pictures, whatever. Some (all?) Android phones also support
> DLNA media sharing, but I haven't played with that.
>
> As far as syncing goes, it works well with Gmail and Google Calendar,
> naturally, and MS Exchange Server. Of course, this has nothing to do with
> Linux per se. What kind of integration are you looking for?
>

Also worth noting there are SSH and SFTP clients and servers for Android,
too.