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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Samsung offered this for a short while with Linux on Dex. You could easily run a lightweight Ubuntu Desktop container when plugged in. Sadly they removed it after a few months.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But it won't integrate that much. You won't get exactly the same app on mobile and desktop in environment mixed like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think you can run a proot distro on dex

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What are you saying they removed here? I'm using Dex with a Z Fold4 as I type this. Don't even have a laptop or desktop anymore. All I ever need is my phone nowadays.