| ▲ | broadsidepicnic 7 hours ago | |
One of the greatest things I miss from Samsung after some time with GrapheneOS is the dex. The current provided desktop mode is rudimentary, and mostly working. But it has so much potential. We could have all in one device with us, and just plug that into an usb-c dock. Or watch things on big screens in hotels if a mouse emulation on touchscreen like samsung would be supported. Or, as Samsung already has created this, maybe that could be somehow ported to GrapheneOS via some 3rd party patcher? I'd really like to use samsung clock and gallery, as well, as those are quite a lot better than AOSP ones. I like GrapheneOS, and the promise of it. Just a few minor things and it would be awesome instead of really good. | ||
| ▲ | repparw an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Motorola was the only one that had something similar AFAIK (Moto's Ready For) Though I'd expect that all efforts focus on the new Android Desktop Mode now, and then Samsung Dex turns into something akin to what OneUI does with Android, instead of being its own thing | ||
| ▲ | Aachen 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> The current provided desktop mode is rudimentary, and mostly working. But it has so much potential. We could have all in one device with us, and just plug that into an usb-c dock. An acquaintance at a local hackerspace has no laptop, just a Fairphone 5 and a device that looks like a laptop but is really just an external screen and keyboard. He connects his Ubuntu Touch phone and uses that as a laptop, developing software on it etc. It's not perfect as a phone (Android apps work rather well from what I've seen (I think the emulator is called Waydroid), but e.g. passing through Bluetooth is an issue so there are limitations) but maybe that's an interesting option for you as well | ||