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Bring back the dumb terminal. Place mobile phone on a docking pad and see a standard PC OS on the screen - open apps, access files or use a browser. When done j
by mapster 5y ago
Bring back the dumb terminal. Place mobile phone on a docking pad and see a standard PC OS on the screen - open apps, access files or use a browser. When done just grab the phone and go.
- amd64 5y agoHave you tried Samsung Dex?
- abbot2 5y agoThis already exists: https://ubuntu-touch.io/ https://ubuntu-touch.io/
- bingohbangoh 5y agoIt's mostly dead at this point. The list of devices includes phones as recent as the Oneplus One. [0] [0]: https://www.ubports.com/devices/promoted-devices https://www.ubports.com/devices/promoted-devices
- abbot2 5y agoTake the state of the project as a market fit test of the idea?
- westurner 5y agoIIUC, in 2021, you can dock a PineTab or a PinePhone with a USB-C PD hub that has HDMI, USB, and Ethernet and use any of a number of Linux Desktop operating systems on a larger screen with full size keyboard and mouse. The PineTab has a backlit keyboard and IIUC the PinePhone has a keyboard & aux battery case that doesn't yet also include the fingerprint sensor or wireless charging. https://www.pine64.org/blog/ https://www.pine64.org/blog/