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Does W11 in a VM mean you could effectively dock your phone into a monitor and use it as a proper PC with shared filesystem access to all your Android stuff?
by udbhavs 5y ago
Does W11 in a VM mean you could effectively dock your phone into a monitor and use it as a proper PC with shared filesystem access to all your Android stuff?
- kbuck 5y agoIt's in a VM, so it will only have (easy) access to its own virtual disk, not anything from Android. Check out Samsung's "DeX" feature[1], though -- it's pretty much exactly what you're describing. [1]: https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/ https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/
- sipos 5y agoNot sure about this implementation, but most virtualization implementations, including most KVM/libvirtd/QEMU ones, support shared directories.
- settrans 5y agoSadly not, as all Pixels have DisplayPort / HDMI out turned off in software. Google expects you to use Chromecast or buy an expensive DisplayLink adapter.
- londons_explore 5y agoHave they made Chromecast performance decent yet? Every time I've used it, there is so much lag that it's unusable for a 2nd screen. Even for non-interactive screen mirroring like letting someone else watch you browse the web or play a game it's jerky and laggy.
- diffeomorphism 5y agoWe already had that with maru OS, then again with Samsung Dex, with Ubuntu Touch, ... . Seems like nobody actually wants that.
- nobodyshere 5y agoI would actually want that but all the existing implementations are slow, with poor support and none of them provides the smooth experience we can have on a dedicated desktop pc or laptop. Dex is just laughable. Ubuntu touch never took off.
- udbhavs 5y agoYeah, everyone is already familiar with Windows. And to plug your phone in and have access to the same Pictures, Documents, Videos etc folders from the android filesystem sounds like a dream. Sort of like how Parallels automatically syncs those folders in a Windows VM on a Mac.
- fomine3 5y agoAnd Windows Continuum!
- wingmanjd 5y agoI had a Motorola Atrix (gen1), which I miss dearly. It was amazing to have a full Ubuntu installation along with Android all on one device. I really bought into the ecosystem: had their lapdock, media dock, etc.