Re: NFS from Android

Massimo Peca, 2024-10-26 16:30:

Il 26/10/24 13:34, Arno Welzel ha scritto:
 

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Because there are not many people trying this. NFS is not the first
choice when it comes to sharing folders for other devices which are not
the typical Linux boxes. Yes, Android uses a Linux kernel - but it
should not be mistaken as "Linux system".
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Thank you for your contribution.
Still, I don't think I am the only one in the world who uses an Android
tablet/smartphone and a Linux local area network at home.

No, but even if 100.000 people do so - this is a nearly invisible
fraction of all Android users.

NFS is the most popular sharing protocol in the Linux environment, so I
would find it normal if it were accessible from other operating systems
as well, as you can do with Microsoft Windows.

And how popular is "using a Linux environment"? Linux on the desktop is
still a quite marginal system.

I don't see Android being any less widespread than Windows.

No, but Linux is less widespread than Windows and therefore there are
more solutions available to access Windows file shares via CIFS/SMB.

It seems to me to be an unwise business and technical choice.

No, the exact opposite when it comes to *business*.

The Storage Access Framework exists - go ahead and write a NFS provider
app for it ;-).


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