Almost a year after promising to release software that would let you turn select Android phones into full-fledged Linux PCs, Samsung is now allowing users to sign up for its Linux on DeX beta program and the company says the private beta will officially launch November 12th. In a nutshell, the software works by allowing you […]
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Closer look at Samsung’s Linux on Galaxy (use a phone like an Ubuntu desktop PC)
There are a number of ways to run a desktop Linux environment on a smartphone, but usually it involves installing third-party software. Samsung is one of the first major phone makers that plans to offer official software that lets you use the company’s Android phones as Linux desktop PCs. It’s called Linux on Galaxy, and […]
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Samsung’s Linux on Galaxy software will bring full-fledged Ubuntu desktop to your phone (with an external display)
28 Comments on Samsung’s Linux on Galaxy software will bring full-fledged Ubuntu desktop to your phone (with an external display)Samsung’s DeX dock lets you connect one of the company’s recent phones to an external display, mouse, and keyboard to use your phone like a desktop PC… assuming you’re comfortable with a desktop PC that runs Android. But soon you may also be able to use your Android phone as a Linux PC. Samsung recently […]
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Samsung’s latest Android phones can also be Linux desktops
When Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 smartphone earlier this year, the company also introduced a new system that allows you to connect your phone to an external display, mouse, and keyboard and use your phone like a desktop. Up until now that’s meant when you use the Samsung DeX docking station you can run Android […]