Samsung Kills 'Linux on DeX' with Android 10 Rollout

Re:Samsung Kills 'Linux on DeX' with Android 10 Rollout by abawany on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:31PM (#21318261)

I have an HP x2 Chromebook. The chromeos-imposed limitations are infuriating: no on-screen keyboard access for Linux apps, no side-loaded Android apps without a wipe+dev mode, etc. However, the form factor (tablet, magnetically attached keyboard, excellent battery life, stylus, etc.) make this an acceptable trade-off for me.

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Re:Samsung Kills 'Linux on DeX' with Android 10 Rollout by m4rtink on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:53PM (#21318455)

Check out the Galaxy Tab S6 - it has a very nice magnetically attached keyboard acting as a decent cover.

And while this is one of the devices affected by the Linux on DeX depreciation, it still has regular DeX (basically a desktop shell for Android apps) and quite a few community maintained open source Linux chroots (such as Termux or UserLand) provide decent development environments.

Though there are some worrying developments recently kinda mirroring your worries due to Googles draconian security policy changes possibly making projects like this harder: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072

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