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Jailbreaking Copy the Jailbreak files to a FAT32 formatted USB drive. Boot into the USB (hold Volume Down). Install Golden Keys. Reboot into USB. Install Yahallo Jailbreak (may need to use a different version, or update firmware first). Installing PostmarketOS Build on the PC: Jailbreak the device. Boot from USB (hold Volume Down when booting). Connect to Wi-Fi, enable DHCP in iwd (uncomment [General] and the line about DHCP in /etc/iwd/main.conf), set the clock, and install pmbootstrap: iwctl station wlan0 connect SSID --passphrase PASSWORD sudo vi /etc/iwd/main.conf sudo service iwd restart sudo apk add pmbootstrap sudo apk add git sudo date -s YYYY.MM.DD-HH:MM:SS pmbootstrap init pmbootstrap install --disk /dev/mmcblk0 During pmbootstrap init, select the necessary options: microsoft, surface-rt, iwd, openbox. ...

Background A few years ago I bought a small HDMI Stick PC, the Hannspree MicroPC, which is manufactured by Quanta computer. Its a low power atom with 2GB RAM running a full install of Windows 10. Its plenty fast enough (even running Windows 10) for the price and convenience and it travels with me any time I go abroad. I always intended for it to run linux as i assumed that it would be slow, however I’ve only just got round to converting it as it actually works fine with Windows 10. ...

List of Installed Software and its role. PiVPN (https://pivpn.io) - Setup script and easy management for OpenVPN to allow remote access to my home network, along with secure VPN when using untrusted WiFi networks. Samba - Creates a share for my Windows machines to backup to a 3TB Seagate USB drive. fr24feed/dump1090 - Uses a DVB-T TV Stick and an antenna to collect ADS-B Broadcast ser2net - Serial Port to Network Forwarding, allows me to configure my burglar alarm over the LAN without needing the £190 adapter OpenSSH - Tunnelling, Management and Maintenance access. neofetch - To provide the flash Message of the Day screen output and the Pi Logo on login. inadyn - To update my Dynamic DNS hosts to allow access from outside using a specified hostname. Pi-Hole - Ad Blocking DNS server for my network. Installing PiVPN PiVPN’s installer is very simply, simply SSH into the Pi and run the following: curl -L https://install.pivpn.io | bash ...