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submitted 2 weeks ago by kionite231@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.world

yes you heard right, I recently find out that one can use an Android feature called "USB tethering" to get internet through an Android device. which is really cool since now you don't have to worry about your wifi card not working in linux since you can just use your old Android device as wifi access point and have internet. not only it's supported in Linux but it's also supported in BSD world too. this can enable people in trying out distros like Guix, Parabola etc which doesn't provide non-free firmware.

just wanted to share this amazing feature I didn't know :)

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[-] nadram@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hasn't this been available for at least a decade? It's always been there.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Bit of a strange post, but hey, OP learned a cool thing today. I use my Android when my home internet shits the bed. Super slow, but it works well enough.

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

"Always" is a long time on the internet, until it isn't.

What matters is to celebrate the now. Today's ten thousand. (@jbk@discuss.tchncs.de already linked it for me).

[-] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Longer than that. I used to root phones and this was a major feature people wanted once rooted. It was a free option with no limits when rooted but carriers wanted to charge extra and set data limits.

I was doing this around 2010 on the HTC Evo 4G (WiMax).

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yep, the feature was introduced in Froyo*, but there were third party apps that enabled the functionality even before that. It's how I got through college.

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