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We cureently have that on pixel devices, where you can just run windows if you want https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/14/android-13-virtualization-lets-pixe
by diffeomorphism 2y ago
We cureently have that on pixel devices, where you can just run windows if you want
https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/14/android-13-virtualization-lets-pixel-6-run-windows-11-linux-distributions/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/14/android-13-virtualiz...
We had that with linuxonDex or maruos or motorola or..
People say they want that, but when they actually do, it completely flops.
- walterbell 2y ago> People say they want that, but when they actually do, it completely flops. That feature isn't yet exposed to end-users, although the plumbing is in place. So far only on Pixel devices. There's potential for phones docking to desktops via USB-c, running both Android and Linux/ChromeOS VMs.
- pjmlp 2y agoExcept no one except a few geeks ever cared about Samsung DEX, or Windows Phone/Table continuum.
- sznio 2y agoWell, it couldn't run any real programs. ARM caught up now.
- pjmlp 2y agoI thought that was what FOSS was all about having all those people in their Internet coffee shops using Termux under DEX to compile their real programs.
- walterbell 2y agoGoogle Android (Linux) App Store 2023 revenue was over 45 billion dollars. Google is a major contributor to Linux in support of Android and Chromebooks. Some non-zero portion of those value flows would benefit from mobile intermittent-desktop UX.
- pjmlp 2y agoAnd that is related to people not buying DEX, because?
- guax 2y agoNear native speeds. VMS. Android desktop mode. Etc. it's never a keyboard less computer. It's always a bodge on top of Android. Of course it flops. I don't think the real thing would be good enough. The compromises can only be worse.