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I want a phone that's Android in the hand but when I plug it into a usb-c hub, it projects full a fat linux distro on my external monitor(s).

Though I love Linux, it's not because it's Linux - I just want to live the one device life. If IPhones could run MacOS on external monitors, I'd buy an iPhone.

Alternatively, a web-based OS (with desktop linux on a hub) would be awesome if all my apps were available as web apps - but they are not so I'd still need a mobile OS and a desktop OS for the usbc hub life.



Samsung implemented exactly what you want under the name Samsung DeX - https://beebom.com/install-linux-on-dex

However it seemed to not been interesting to the users because noone really used it and they cancelled the project.

Their phones (the Galaxy series) still do support projecting a desktop mode when you plug the phone into a USB-C monitor. They now run "just" Android apps though.


There is (was?) MaruOS, an Android ROM with a Debian LXC container.

https://maruos.com/

https://github.com/maruos/maruos




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