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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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Why are there no phones that support convergence/desktop mode? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have been looking at Linux on phones(Ubuntu touch) with the intention to use it both as smartphone as well as desktop replacement. It really fascinates me. But it looks like there is no hardware anymore that supports display out and USB dongles. Why are there no up to date phones that have convergence mode?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

what is your criteria for "up to date"?
list of devices that support Ubuntu Touch does not include many new phones because porting process is very hard.
Is PinePhone Pro not an "up to date" phone?
You can go more modern if you betray Stallman's trust and go for something more proprietary, like devices that run Samsung DeX or Motorola Ready For or whatever the rest of competition calls their desktop modes.

Actually, I am interested in making a spreadsheet that contains list of practically all phones (someone please scrape GSMArena) and whether they come with deskop mode and whether they are physically capable of attaching an external monitor.
Result of that would gives us an idea of how many phones could have desktop mode, but do not have one.
If percentage is high enough, then I would get motivated to start looking into how to make some open source desktop mode app.