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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

, and the laptop doesn’t have an Ethernet port so off you go to buy a usb-eth adaptor.

What, no Android USB tether? It's been native since Debian 6 IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I had an iPhone (4, don't remember if it had usb tethering) but I didn't even think of it. I think it was Debian 6 the one I was installing and there was one or two people with android phones...but whatever! Walking is healthy, isn't it?