VS CODE-SERVER RUNS ON ANDROID CHROME VIA TERMUX #126

v8karlo · 2022-03-05T17:42:32Z

v8karlo
Mar 5, 2022

For those who wants to use VS CODE on udroid but GUI is slow because Ubuntu GUI on Termux is slow,
there is a solution if you have mobile with DEX (desktop mode) supported.

(Samsung s9 , s10 , s20 , s21 , A90 , S20FE ... supports DEX),
Huawei has something similar but I am not sure which models have USB C video output via cable (HDMI).
USB C video output via cable (HDMI) has no lag at all like wireless screen mirroring.

On my Samsung S20 I am using small HUB which extends mobile USB C to 3 USB A3.0, HDMI and it has USB C for input charging from charger.
Over USB A on HUB I also have 2TB USB Disc, pocket edition, and keyboard and mouse, and gamepad over bluetooth.

It is phone so I never shut it down, I shut down only monitor over night.
Much more simpler than laptop.

Combining Samsung DEX and Udroid Ubuntu is very powerfull combination.

You can buy Samsung S9 for peanuts, and is still fast mobile phone with 6GGb / 64GB storage Ram, and it has DEX.

IT WORKS WITHOUT DEX AS WELL !

So , install udroid via Termux. https://github.com/RandomCoderOrg/ubuntu-on-android
I am still using Udroid V2, Ubuntu 21.04..

Start udroid, you will be in:
root@localhost˜#

from here enter the commands:

Getting your Ubuntu Linux computer setup ,
in Termux type:

Install wget

apt-get update
apt-get install wget npm nodejs git -y

Setting up VS code ( for Samsung Dex enviroment ) ,
still in root@localhost˜#,
in Termux type following:

Download the VS code tar package:

wget https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/2.1698/code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz

Untar the package:

tar -xvf ./code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz

Remove archive

rm ./code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz

Copy code-server to bin

cp ./code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64/code-server /bin

Start the code server:

code-server

and copy the password that's generated in Termux to Browser ( password looks like this 3ca9c016701bef7ef744f057 and copy it from Termux )

Open Chrome in DEX and go to:
localhost:8080

Copy and paste the code-server password into the Chrome input

At the top right of the browser, open the hamburger menu and click 'Add page to' and add to your desktop.

Open the Web app, VS code!

Termux, start the server:
code-server

Chrome:
localhost:8080
Password: 3ca9c016701bef7ef744f057

The whole video how to do it, is here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtbFjfVC4XQ

For some reason, at my S20 phone, android 12, UI4.0, it did not worked with browser Samsung Internet ( black screen only ),
instead I had to install android Chrome browser ( which has desktop mode option as well, for use in DEX and for full visual experience )

AND YOU HAVE VS CODE INSIDE DEX ENVIROMENT WHICH HAS GUI ACCELERATION
AND IS FAST.

This combination of Udroid ( Ubuntu ) and DEX is so powerfull that I do not need my laptop anymore.
When Udroid is started from DEX it behaves as one DEX enviroment,
applications and both GUI from Udroid and DEX overlaps like it is one enviroment.
Clipboard is shared beetween Ubuntu and DEX, so sometimes I just forget that I am using 2 separate enviroments.
Ubuntu is just an app inside DEX, icon like Chrome or any other app.
DEX place Ubuntu inside window container, which can be maximazed, window, or minimized, just like other apps in DEX.

DEX is fast for surfing and watching movies, gaming or YouTube but on the other hand Udroid Ubuntu have
full functional Libre office, GIMP, MonoDevelop (C# programming) and other software which does not need fast accelerated GUI.
All my needs are covered with those two enviroments, which are actually one enviroment, DEX.

My mobile is my PC now, carrying it in a pocket anywhere, never need to shut it down, attach to any TV which has HDMI.
Mobiles are future, and are comming fast, for now they are no match to PC, but it is not far away.

If you can, try DEX and Udroid experience and you will be amazed!

And everything works like charm!

Just amazing !!!

As you can see on screenshoot, DEX, Ubuntu in window, Termux, and windowed game, all in one enviroment !!!!!!!!

Picture can tell more than 1000 words!
And yet, it is a phone, it has the cameras, it has microphone, it has everything, single click call a friend or type the whatsApp.
Need the office doc, start the Udroid.
I have unlimited internet subscription, watch the movies all day and night, download anything, 5G , 832 Mbit pure speed I checked right now.
I dont need anything else!

DEX splits the phone function. On large monitor you have DEX, while phone screen is separately and you can watch movie on monitor,
while doing something else on phone, mouse is passing from monitor to phone just like when you have 2 screens.
Phone can be gamepad or drawpad for monitor as well.

UDROID is amazing !
DEX is amazing !

Thank you for Udroid project! It is excellent project!

I play Anima on my S20. The game supports keyboard and mouse.

DEX alone. Luis Royo's art as wallpaper.
https://www.luisroyo.com/en/

VS CODE in android Chrome on DEX. It is fast this way!

NEED A FREE VERSION OF EXCEL ? LIBRE CALC IS HERE !
Thanks to DEX , start Ubuntu in window and use it just as any other app !

Phone and small HUB is everything you need! Faster the phone, better the experience. Samsung S9 has DEX and costs 50$,
but is still fast phone.
For this what we need is more than enough.

In a meantime good movie is always welcomed !

So, you tell me? Does Udroid needs to evolve? Absolutely!! I found a way for me but could not without Udroid!

root@localhost:~# wget https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/2.1698/code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz
--2022-03-05 22:18:50--  https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/2.1698/code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.121.3
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.121.3|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/download/2.1698/code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz [following]
--2022-03-05 22:18:51--  https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/download/2.1698/code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz
Reusing existing connection to github.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/172953845/ff333600-394e-11ea-8eba-98f7ec567fc2?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20220305%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220305T164852Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=2a2ffd6763f6957acc9b9ba895f22a15298cff8f2e66ac525c79d44e26a8f607&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=172953845&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dcode-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2022-03-05 22:18:51--  https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/172953845/ff333600-394e-11ea-8eba-98f7ec567fc2?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20220305%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220305T164852Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=2a2ffd6763f6957acc9b9ba895f22a15298cff8f2e66ac525c79d44e26a8f607&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=172953845&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dcode-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.110.133, 185.199.111.133, 185.199.109.133, ...
Connecting to objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.110.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 47613338 (45M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz’

code-server2.169 100%[==========>]  45.41M  25.8MB/s    in 1.8s

2022-03-05 22:18:54 (25.8 MB/s) - ‘code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz’ saved [47613338/47613338]

root@localhost:~# tar -xvf ./code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz
code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64/
code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64/ThirdPartyNotices.txt
code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64/README.md
code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64/LICENSE.txt
code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64/code-server
root@localhost:~# rm ./code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz
root@localhost:~# cp ./code-server2.1698-vsc1.41.1-linux-arm64/code-server /bin
root@localhost:~# code-server
info  Server listening on http://localhost:8080

...
info    - Password is 3ca9c016701bef7ef744f057
...

info      - To use your own password, set the PASSWORD environment variable
info      - To disable use `--auth none`
info    - Not serving HTTPS

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v8karlo · 2022-03-08T16:58:09Z

v8karlo
Mar 8, 2022
Author

For android I found free of charge Hancom office on Google play.
Microsoft office has to be payed so this is some alternative.

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v8karlo · 2022-03-08T17:10:40Z

v8karlo
Mar 8, 2022
Author

For those who like to programm in C# install MonoDevelop in Ubuntu ( I am C# programmer )

Start Udroid

Open terminal in Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install dirmngr gnupg apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu stable-bionic main'

sudo apt install mono-complete

sudo apt install monodevelop

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Thanks to DEX, you can notice that I can use Android browser over the Ubuntu for surfing, which is GUI accelerated and is fast.
Clipboard is shared beetween apps, copy / paste works and there is no obstacles for combining Udroid / Android ( DEX ) apps.
So, again combining Udroid and DEX.

After some time of using DEX combined with Udroid you will forget that those two are separate Android and Ubuntu platforms !

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What we see here is evolving phones into desktop machines.
It is not perfect yet, but is happening fast.
Linux on phones is absolutely needed for variety of existing desktop apps and freedom.

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I witnessed first home computers Commodore and Spectrum and for me this are exciting times to see once more
how phones will evolve into home computers.

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The last thing which is very important here is to accelerate GUI of Udroid.
It will attract people who wants to use phone as desktop and chain reaction will happen.

Samsung DEX is the prove to that. Even that apps on DEX are far from desktop apps
and are not fully usable for every day work like on PC, more and more people use DEX just to have
desktop experience on their phones !
But Udroid offers linux apps which are fully usable and users can switch from PC to their phones
on every day basis.
The only thing which prevents that is still Udroid slow GUI, which I hope will be solved eventually.

I tried with X11 but failed for some reason.
Now I am waiting to fully switch to Udroid V3 and then will try again and dive deeper into the subject.
Even now without acceleration Udroid is very usable for me and fun to involve into linux world and learn.

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v8karlo · 2022-04-24T21:16:33Z

v8karlo
Apr 24, 2022
Author

In VS CODE when I try create project I got this error message

No usable version libssl was found .

I have installed .Net 6.0.0 and libssl 3.0.2

I understand that libssl version do not match .Net

How to know which version od libssl is needed for .Net 6.0.0

and how to install and force .Net to use that version . ?

I tried to install libssl 1.0.2 but been refused

You have already the newest version .

If I uninstall libssl 3.0.0 I can break some other dependices .?

I am not sure what to do and how ?

Help ?

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v8karlo · 2022-04-24T22:23:10Z

v8karlo
Apr 24, 2022
Author

I found this

DEB dependencies

If your distribution wasn't previously listed, and is debian-based, you may need the following dependencies:

libc6
libgcc1
libgssapi-krb5-2
libicu67
libssl1.1
libstdc++6
zlib1g

So LIBSSL 1.1 is missing if above is right .

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v8karlo · 2022-04-24T22:48:34Z

v8karlo
Apr 24, 2022
Author

SOLVED

echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/impish-security.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libssl1.1

It worked !

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