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Optimize Armbian Installation on Android TV Box (WiFi)

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Optimize your setup: 1. Setting up shortcut on Windows desktop: Create a shortcut on windows desktop to avoid typing long command  Right Click in any empty area on your screen (desktop) Select "New" and then "Shortcut" and cut-n-paste below in the box where "Type the location of the item:" %windir%\system32\cmd.exe /F /K "ssh arcube@192.168.50.47"  Click "Next" and give this shortcut a name e.g. "192.168.50.47"   2. Setup SSH Keys To me its annoying to type passwords every time I have to login to another machine/box within my home network so here is how I set up ssh keys for password-less login On Windows: Windows does NOT have openSSH installed by default but it is very easy to set it up  Get started with OpenSSH for Windows   Open "Settings", select "Apps" and then select "Optional features" Click on "Add a feature" Type OpenSSH client and then select "Install" Type OpenSSH ...
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Convert cheap android Tv box to run Scrapy (for scraping websites)

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I wanted to crawl and scrape some sites repeatedly and did not want my main PC running 24x7. There are plenty of cheap android tv boxes available on AliExpress and consume very little power, approx 5 - 7w, so I bought some for US$22 each and converted them to Armbian. In my opinion these boxes have enough power to run python based scrapy as most of the time program/scraper is waiting for net IO, a quick search on AliExpress produced these 2 – Link1 $20.50 Link2 $37 Spec to look for:   Rk3318 based SOC    <<<< this is important* Any android version (it would be removed) Mini wireless keyboard (they work on 2.4ghz via a usb dongle) *There are many types of android boxes but in my opinion RK3318 (or RK3328) soc based are best supported due to the active involvement of developer jock and fabiobassa, some multi-billion-dollar corporations should take cues from them on how to support. First: You need mini keyboard connected for initial setup HDMI cable & TV/Mo...
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