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1. enrage+O4[view] [source] 2025-05-13 14:58:48
>>logic_+(OP)
Taking better advantage of a display is nice but imo the really exciting part of desktop mode is the planned integration with Google's Linux Terminal app (i.e. 1st party linux VM support). I have a Samsung DeX device and while you can get a basic dev environment working easily it can be really cumbersome to make it comfortable to use and integrate with your normal tablet workflow. Being able to install full-fat linux apps and run them in a window would be a complete game changer.

source for planned integration: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/392521081?utm_source=...

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2. assass+dP[view] [source] 2025-05-13 19:18:58
>>enrage+O4
Rumor is Samsung won't support Google's Linux Terminal (at least for their existing phones) since their Knox conflicts with the Android Virtualization Framework :-(.

Honestly I'd like to see Windows 11 running under this as well, but that seems incredibly unlikely.

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3. wiktor+e11[view] [source] 2025-05-13 20:25:50
>>assass+dP
It's interesting to hear because Samsung had a Linux feature previously: https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/blog/en/2017/10/18/samsung...
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4. pmontr+sj1[view] [source] 2025-05-13 22:26:41
>>wiktor+e11
They had Linux on DeX in 2018, killed in 2019. It was a partnership with Canonical

https://9to5google.com/2018/11/09/samsung-linux-on-dex-andro...

It was the Ubuntu 16.04 desktop running in a LXD container. It crashed when the tablet went in out of memory, so I had to be careful with what I was running.

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