Originally Posted by ProleOnParole

I haven't tried dual booting as I've never had the need. It's certainly doable on some devices if you wanted to do it this way (details to be found somewhere on forum.xda-developers.com) but I wouldn't bother and just install whatever UN*X stuff you need into Android (assuming it's shell-based).

Personally I find the 5.7" screen on my phone large enough for temporary work. The biggest issue is of course the lack of physical keyboard. One way to address it would be to get a BT keyboard -- something like the K480 from Logitech even includes a holder for the phone/tablet.