Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: NFS from Android Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:40:54 +0100 Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net KWtv16CGfIv8pRsd+90XXARChOBphUSDeSecj9IkDBomW+KnjR Cancel-Lock: sha1:vFNgLgki0ReL2hKucx0cslQuKmw= sha256:KTtuKwyjvARAE0BApyM/5j53gulhlOG4sLUu/stwwfI= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:143880 Massimo Peca, 2024-10-26 16:30: > Il 26/10/24 13:34, Arno Welzel ha scritto: > >> >> 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". >> >> > > > 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 ;-). -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de