Tether your Android phone to your Linux laptop

“If your set up is like mine, you will have nothing to do on
your laptop other than to boot up and log in. If you are already on
a wireless network, and you want to test this, disable wireless
networking by right-clicking the Networking Manager applet and
uncheck Enable Wireless Networking. After you have done that, you
are ready to work with your phone.

“Phone configuration

“Plug your phone into your laptop using the USB data cable.
After you do this, follow these steps:”

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