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hawhill · 03-24-2011, 10:15 AM

The USBNetwork hack doesn't have anything to do with terminals, though.
Denji, all the terminal apps should allow connecting to a (virtual) terminal on the kindle itself, plus some of them have integrated means to connect to other machines via Wifi (and maybe 3G, but I cannot test that since my Kindle is Wifi-only). For the ones that provide access to a shell on the kindle itself, you can simply use "ssh" to connect to other machines, and that is via Wifi, too.

The USBNetwork hack will however provide you with software you may need. The Java-based terminals will need some means to get to a virtual terminal device, and this is easily done by running an SSH daemon or a Telnet daemon on your Kindle. The USBNetwork hack just happens to provide you with such a daemon. Also it provides an SSH client ("ssh" on the command line) which you probably need to connect to other machines via wireless networks.

But as for your question: Any terminal app/kindlet should do, since accessing other machines via network is more or less a secondary step after bringing up the terminal (with the notable exception of the terminal kindlet that has an SSH client built-in).

03-24-2011, 10:15 AM	#3
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	The USBNetwork hack doesn't have anything to do with terminals, though. Denji, all the terminal apps should allow connecting to a (virtual) terminal on the kindle itself, plus some of them have integrated means to connect to other machines via Wifi (and maybe 3G, but I cannot test that since my Kindle is Wifi-only). For the ones that provide access to a shell on the kindle itself, you can simply use "ssh" to connect to other machines, and that is via Wifi, too. The USBNetwork hack will however provide you with software you may need. The Java-based terminals will need some means to get to a virtual terminal device, and this is easily done by running an SSH daemon or a Telnet daemon on your Kindle. The USBNetwork hack just happens to provide you with such a daemon. Also it provides an SSH client ("ssh" on the command line) which you probably need to connect to other machines via wireless networks. But as for your question: Any terminal app/kindlet should do, since accessing other machines via network is more or less a secondary step after bringing up the terminal (with the notable exception of the terminal kindlet that has an SSH client built-in).