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This is definitely interesting and I would be curious to see where it goes in the future. In the meantime however anyone who wants to use Linux on their phone today should check out https://ubports.com/ It works now!
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Display port over USB-C should be this, the Samsung Galaxy S8 was the first to support it. Unfortunately, while quite a few docks are on the market, compatibility is a bit iffy, and rival USB-C alt modes like HDMI and MHL muddy the waters.
Interesting. Does this work for USB-C enabled laptops, say the latest MacBook Pros? Or does Apple only support Thunderbolt over USB-C for display connections?
It's quite interesting that with the power of today's mobile devices (multicore 1GHz+ CPUs, GPUs, 2Gb+ RAM) we still don't have a standardized interface to plug them into desktop peripherals and launch a desktop OS/GUI. One would thing that such an universal interface would quickly become a standard offering in airports, hotels, libraries, conferences, etc.
There was: the Apple 30-pin connector. It was revolutionary and got built into plenty of hotels where you can still see them. And where it acts as a warning to not build tech into your furniture again. People keep building phone dock systems and they just don't really seem to take off. Maybe the best one available today is the HP Elite X3 .. running the discontinued Windows Phone.
I think termux ( https://termux.com/ ) does most of what I need when I need a bit of emergency Linux on my phone. Termux provides a recompiled debian distro which runs as a android App. It doesn't chroot or need root and it works amazingly well. No desktop apps though.
Wow, cool and really well working app! Now I only need to get me a great b/t keyboard that fits in a pocket :)
It's quite interesting that with the power of today's mobile devices (multicore 1GHz+ CPUs, GPUs, 2Gb+ RAM) we still don't have a standardized interface to plug them into desktop peripherals and launch a desktop OS/GUI. One would thing that such an universal interface would quickly become a standard offering in airports, hotels, libraries, conferences, etc.
USB-C is that standard interface - when working at my desk I can plug a single USB-C cable into my laptop and it gains two monitors, external audio, keyboard, mouse, webcam, and all the other things you'd expect.
Can Galaxy even run without Linux kernel?
In theory yes. Android doesn't expose a proper Linux to userspace and Google has been clapping down what we are allowed to do with the NDK since Android 7.0 (edit: corrected, only started in 7.0). So playing "what if", you can replace Linux with something else that is compatible the NDK APIs and no one would notice, other than the OEMs.
Would you have a link to more details/reading on this? I wasn't aware.
I've been using termux and a fold out bluetooth keyboard for django development & code review for quite a while on my pixel XL. I absolutely love having my dev work on my phone, being able to hack away or do code review for 5 minutes wherever is incredible. At home using a chrome-cast and have it on a big screen. It would be nice to have a window manager I suppose - but i'll probably end up in a full screen terminal…
This is definitely interesting and I would be curious to see where it goes in the future. In the meantime however anyone who wants to use Linux on their phone today should check out https://ubports.com/ It works now!
I followed the link, but don't quite understand the product. Does Ubuntu Touch OnePlusOne replace the OS on the device? So I buy one of the supported phones listed, and then erase and replace Android with this in it's place? Or it installs on top of?