[Nottingham] Linux on DeX - turn your mobile phone into a PC-like experience with a single cable

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I thought about it but then it turned out S7 is not supported :)
It is as secure as an X server running as an android application. From what I've seen there's no additional security enforced by Knox or something else.
BTW, that gave an idea  I want to try and demo if successful. Linux Desktop on Android phone without DeX!

On 9 November 2018 00:17:52 GMT, Martin via Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>Folks,
>
>Now surprisingly long ago, we had the Canonical/Ubuntu push to take
>advantage of the supercomputer performance of (the latest) mobile
>devices to make for a great idea of making your mobile your
>one-and-only
>compute device.
>
>Just add: keyboard, mouse and a (bigger) screen (and more batteries).
>
>
>That was abandoned and is now a community project:
>
>Ubuntu Touch
>
>https://ubuntu-touch.io/
>
>"Ubuntu Touch is a mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system for
>mobile devices. However, unlike other 'flavors' of Ubuntu such as Mate,
>Mint and Gnome, it is more accurately an extract of parts of Ubuntu. It
>is adapted to run naturally in a mobile, touch-screen environment but
>is
>also capable of functioning as a desktop computer..."
>
>See also https://ubports.com/
>
>
>*And now* ...
>
>We have just now hitting the maillists another commercial attempt with:
>
>Linux on DeX - Development environment on the go
>
>https://www.linuxondex.com/
>
>#####
>Samsung DeX lets you turn your phone into a PC-like experience with a
>single cable...
>
>... Here is how it works. You need to install the Linux on DeX app on
>your device, once the app is installed a secure container will be
>created and you can add an Ubuntu Linux image on container to run it.
>
>Enjoy a PC-like development experience with your mobile devices and
>Samsung DeX...
>
>Our Partner ubuntu
>
>* Ubuntu 16.04 provided by Samsung Linux on DeX beta is a modified
>version of original Ubuntu image.
>
>1. Register for beta trial...
>#####
>
>
>Vadim, what do you reckon? ;-)
>
>How secure?...
>
>Cheers,
>Martin
>
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