This open source app delivers one-tap Arch Linux installation with development tools, file sharing, and desktop software support.

Running Linux-based operating systems on smartphones has come a long way. We now have several Linux-powered smartphones on the market that cater to different use cases. Some pack in flagship-level performance, while others try to be a value-for-money proposition.

Sadly, these devices are out of reach for most people around the world due to excessive taxation from their countries and shipping charges. Of course, many do have an older spare Android smartphone laying around.

Why not make good use of it? In this article, we will be taking a look at a very cool project that turns an Android smartphone into a Linux machine with a simple APK file and no root access.

    • punkibas@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 days ago

      There’s also a native desktop mode for grapheneos now, you can activate it in dev options

      • picnic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Yeah but dont expect feature parity with samsung’s dex. Dex’s a mile away in small quality of life features. Android’s baked in desktop is so barebones I cannot fathom it took google 9 years to get this out. Its embarrasing.

        I sold my samsung and moved to grapheneos, but I really miss dex. And gallery.

          • picnic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Simple cropping, drawing and blurring are something I now know I used nearly daily basis earlier. Tried to find a gallery viewer that had simple pixelize and cropping, couldnt find one.

            Installed aves libre for pictures, and now using signal’s inbuilt pixelize function.

    • Carrot@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I didn’t, but I didn’t look too hard. I wasn’t really expecting it to work