I ran Pihole on a Pixel 3a for a couple years
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On Android or postmarketOS? Very cool regardless!
Rooted stock Android. Just used Termux and then PiDeploy.
does postmarkeos count?
In terms of my personal curiosities, I would say no BUT if you then went on to self host something from there I'd be interested in hearing about that.
i use my old postmarketos phone as a server for a bunch of stuff on my local network because it can run docker and is really power efficient
That's awesome. What stuff did you host, and did any stick out as being particularly well suited for running on a tablet? By that I mean especially efficient for the hardware, or if any were well suited for localhost access from the tablet (e.g. having an web UI well suited for tablet use).
i just run normal stuff like immich and a dns server and use it as a headless server, though I do have a backup terminal on the touchscreen in case I need it (fbkeyboard).
I don't think it has any real benefits except the touchscreen, very low power consumption and the built-in battery, I just use it because it's free and interesting.
I guess compared to other devices like the rpi it has pretty good performance and resources, though one big drawback is that I have to use wifi for networking.
It's just the use I found for my old phone that was sitting in the cupboard doing nothing.
I used to run a mastodon bot in termux on a galaxy s3 mini many years ago.