u/NoNefariousness9927

So I can't lie, I kind of went collected a couple stream boxes to make emulator machines.. side load retro arch or whatever, call it a day, gifts for friends or what not. Looking at the ports and specs, I was wondering if anyone ever used the board for a cyberdeck. A few questions and concerns.

1. I know these stream boxes were riddled with malware, is there a way to detect and element anything malicious?

2. I know rooting android to replace the os with Linux is probably out of my ability... can I emulate Linux and avoid any potential malware that way?

If anyone has done anything beyond emulators with these I would love examples or ideas.

The wooden book is by all means functional and ready for intended use. I sell on ebay, I use an old Samsung s21 for my pictures and business(having my listing photos automatically save to my daily phone is a pain to clear later). I am... rough with things, wanted a laptop replacement, media player, entertainment box on the go that I wouldn't worry about completely destroying. Made all from random pieces from my garage and such. Dex is an awesome feature just powerful enough for the hotel room quick needs. The phone screen doubles as a track pad when connected to an external monitor, also connects to wired and wireless peripherals. Solar charger on the bottom makes for a great camping media player.

Never tried to run Linux on android, might play with it a bit too create the small laptop experience. No I didn't use a pi, but if Apple taught us anything lately, its that cell phone chip sets are more than enough to do our daily computing.

Cut out windows for the solar panel on the bottom and the camera on top. Had some orange vinyl laying around, who doesn't? Cut a hole for the hdmi hookup. Wireless power under the keyboard if needed. Still a work in progress, but loving how it's coming out..... don't know if I can call it a wooden deck anymore though.... thoughts?

Might not completely qualify as a cyber deck, but this is gong to be my wooden deck. Samsung s21, wireless solar charger random Bluetooth remote. Still in development stage. Never built one, but kind of like the dex feature for connection.