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Re: Linux on Dex

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Post by wanderfowl »

I love this idea. With insane mobile processors, terabyte storage on phones, external GPUs, and USB-C docking, we're tantalizingly close to "I do my computing on this device. It's in my pocket with a phone interface right now. But once I plug it in at my desk with the GPU dock, it's my computer. And later, I'll throw it in the tablet and use it on my couch."

Backups will need to be good and easy if your main computing device can fall out of your pocket on the subway, and an OS which is happy doing this will need to exist. But for many people, this could be a beautiful world.

Re: Linux on Dex

#52

Post by drngdds »

tinyvm wrote: post #21
soperj wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oh yeah, I'd hate to be stuck on a Thinkpad or and XPS machine, the 2 best laptops on the market.

> oh yeah, I'd hate to be stuck on a Thinkpad or and XPS machine, the 2 best laptops on the market. Even when Excel , Chrome , Gmail take 30-50 seconds to open up ? And your laptop freezes when you are dealing with more than 10000 rows ? That's your opinion i guess.

If Chrome takes 30-50 seconds to open and your computer was made in the past ten years, you should probably reformat

Re: Linux on Dex

#54

Post by eikenberry »

tinyvm wrote: post #21
soperj wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oh yeah, I'd hate to be stuck on a Thinkpad or and XPS machine, the 2 best laptops on the market.

> oh yeah, I'd hate to be stuck on a Thinkpad or and XPS machine, the 2 best laptops on the market. Even when Excel , Chrome , Gmail take 30-50 seconds to open up ? And your laptop freezes when you are dealing with more than 10000 rows ? That's your opinion i guess.

What did they do to that poor computer? On my 3 year old Thinkpad Chrome/Firefox take < 1sec to start and Gmail takes a couple seconds to load. Can't talk Excel as I don't use it.

Re: Linux on Dex

#55

Post by jraph »

colobas wrote: post #29

I was hoping this would allow me to ssh into my phone to make/take calls and send/receive texts. Does anyone knows if that's possible?

On Android, Termux lets you read and write texts using the Termux API, and set up an SSH server.

Re: Linux on Dex

#56

Post by diffeomorphism »

camelNotation wrote: post #31

I want a laptop with a hole where the mouse pad should be. I want to be able to put my phone into that slot, dock it, and use the screen of my phone as the mouse pad for the laptop. I want my phone to do all the processing and work. I want the laptop dock to be an extension of my phone, running something like DEX to make the laptop experience work. The only thing I want this laptop dock to do is give me a screen, a k…

> I want to be able to put my phone into that slot, dock it, and use the screen of my phone as the mouse pad for the laptop.

Minus the hole, that is one of the many features of kdeconnect: Use your android device as a wireless touchpad and keyboard.

Re: Linux on Dex

#57

Post by petecox »

izacus wrote: post #27
nunodonato wrote: post #17

I just want a tab like the S4 with that keyboard and mouse to ship with a proper linux distro, customized and optimized to it. Would buy it in a flash

Something like the Google Pixel Slate, which can run Linux apps?

That's a Chrome OS device.

So what is preventing OEMs from releasing a Chrome OS phone which runs both Android apps and desktop Linux apps out of the box without this Dex/Canonical vendor-specific solution?

Re: Linux on Dex

#58

Post by bepvte »

Jonnax wrote: post #50
fiatjaf wrote: post #46

What is Dex? I've read a lot on that page but still don't get it.

When you plug a hdmi cable into a Samsung phone you can either use screen mirroring or go into a desktop mode thats designed for keyboard and mouse.

Specific samsung phones, with special docks (I tried it )

Re: Linux on Dex

#59

Post by wvenable »

mr_overalls wrote: post #47

> Samsung DeX is supported on Galaxy S8/S8+, Note8, S9/S9+, Note9, and Tab S4. > * Phones should be connected to an external display to use Samsung DeX. > * Selected Samsung HDMI adapter/cable is recommended to use Samsung DeX. > * Samsung DeX using a HDMI adapter or cable is only available on Note9 and Tab S4. ------ So really, DeX only works well (with HDMI cable) on Note9 and Tab S4?

Older phones require the Dex Dock or Pad (which adds HDMI and other ports). With the Note9, you can plug a USB-C to HDMI cable right into it.

Re: Linux on Dex

#60

Post by diffeomorphism »

colobas wrote: post #29

I was hoping this would allow me to ssh into my phone to make/take calls and send/receive texts. Does anyone knows if that's possible?

Kdeconnect comes to mind. It is more aimed at working on wifi, but you can probably make it work with ssh tunnels or vpn.
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