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I'm glad someone mentioned this, or had a question about this, since it's the one thing I would really want on a fully convertible device. Currently the s9 and
by epmaybe 8y ago
I'm glad someone mentioned this, or had a question about this, since it's the one thing I would really want on a fully convertible device.
Currently the s9 and s9+ have open betas for Linux on dex, and it works on note 9 and tab s4. I am pretty optimistic that the fold will support it.
But seriously, think about how great this would be: phone that could turn into a tablet when you want (say, to read or consume media, or edit photos, or take notes). That device would also be able to run in a desktop mode for you to carry out work when you need to. The device as it currently stands does the first two, with Linux on dex you get closer to the third.
- DennisAleynikov 8y agoit 100% should support Linux on DeX and later this year Google should be officially launching Android Studio for all AOSP devices so you can develop apps for your Galaxy Fold right on your Galaxy Fold. What a beautiful time we live in.
- epmaybe 8y agoI had the Motorola Atrix when it first came out, my first Android phone. The experience with the laptop dock blew me away, and installing chroot and a terminal made it my daily laptop my freshman year of college. It was unfortunately never updated, and the system was just a bit too slow for me. I'm really hoping the experience on this will be much better, and really get me the convergent experience I've wanted since then.
- DennisAleynikov 8y agohighly recommend you test out any of Samsung's recent phones or tablets. s8 and up all have Samsung DeX which polishes the Atrix idea to be usable daily. Samsung is really attacking this from the business side (automatically load work desktop at work) and actually use it for development on the DeX team. Its amazing that we can now write android apps on android itself.