Comment by figmert
2 years ago
Took them way too long.
I recently replaced my broken phone with the S24 Ultra with DeX as one of the main uses-cases. I've read and watched a fair amount on whether it can be a daily driver, unfortunately most of the content was basically made just to create content, and it was geared towards content creators.
I'm planning to test this out over the next few weeks. Can I have it replace my personal laptop? After much research prior to buying, it seems there's a good chance this should be possible with the likes of Termux and Termux-X11.
If everyone has any thoughts or experience around this, I'd love to hear it.
To replace the laptop, get a lapdock, aka a laptop shell with screen, battery and KB/mouse, and connect that to your phone. The use cases that are officially advertised are always with a stationary monitor in an office. Lapdocks are amazing and bridge the gap perfectly.
I've had a Node.js setup on my old Samsung phone, but never invested in a DeX because a USB hub with a mouse and keyboard worked well enough.
Unfortunately it's all too locked down to have a serious development setup and I had more success just SSHing into a more powerful machine.