Samsung is discontinuing Linux support on Dex
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- Anonymous
- 3DR
- 23 Oct 2019
Anonymous, 22 Oct 2019Half my office was seriously thinking to buy tab S6 for tha... morecool story bruh
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- bahi39
- fpB
- 22 Oct 2019
M Kon, 22 Oct 2019I think I know the reason why Samsung discontinuing Linux o... moreYou are right and perhaps its condition by microsoft to have a partnership with samsung in the future
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- Anonymous
- 3A3
- 22 Oct 2019
Anonymous, 19 Oct 2019no need to wonder people are not interested in dex and even... moreHalf my office was seriously thinking to buy tab S6 for that feature alone.
My office already is on ubuntu 100%. Problem with laptops is that they are too expensive still last less than phones and weight more than 3 lbs, I.e. they are stuck to 10 years in the past with no reasons for them to upgrade.
Tab S4 changed all that but was too weak. Tab S6 would had seriously ended the x86 dominance in many offices ... and then Samsung went on to cancel it.
Imagine a 12 GB ram, 5G enabled computer that lasts 9 hrs and weighs less than 1 lbr. That is what Tab S6 could have been, and would be in the Korean version if they somehow backlot linux on dex.
But officially? No, Samsung could not risk being being a subversive force for once. They almost did with the Note phone series (and then backpedaled with Note 5) and they now do it again with their tablets which could seriously double as laptops.
If they were to seriously support LoD Samsung would have sold like crazy. There is an unmitigated demand for ... weightless linux laptops.
Samsung is out of touch!
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- Dorsefrith
- nu8
- 22 Oct 2019
Anonymous, 21 Oct 2019And what innovation Chinese company have?! Copy paste other... moreYou know nothing John Snow..... Look at Oppo. Look at Xiaomi. Who made first "bezel-less" phone? Who showed first Foldable phone? Who showed first under display camera phone?
Punch hole is innovation for you? Really? Last innovation from Samsung was Galaxy S6 Edge + Gear Vr and Samsung Dex OS which is not evolving. Punch hole is a step back. Tear drop notch is way better and way more ergonomic than punch hole.
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- M Kon
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- 22 Oct 2019
I think I know the reason why Samsung discontinuing Linux on Dex. The reason is because Microsoft announced the Surface Neo which is running with Windows 10x and which Linux or Chrome os canÂ’t compare with. Samsung saw the long future with windows 10x that develop by Microsoft.
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- kmcmurtrie
- jdQ
- 22 Oct 2019
I really wanted to use this and I bet a lot of others did too. It unfortunately required a phone with all software updates in place - something that Samsung has been terrible at managing. Some combinations of phones and carriers get updates once or twice a year. Some can never update until a different carrier's SIM card is inserted.
I swapped SIMs and got the software updated just in time for Linux on Dex to be removed from the stores.
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- Anonymous
- Hx6
- 21 Oct 2019
chester, 19 Oct 2019Lol...with this pace of killing products/features Samsung w... more90% or more Samsung doesn’t know shit about some Samsung gimmick features.
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- Anonymous
- Hx6
- 21 Oct 2019
Dorsefrith, 21 Oct 2019Samsung leaves innovation to Chinese companies. He will com... moreAnd what innovation Chinese company have?! Copy paste other OEM’s Lol.
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- Dorsefrith
- nu8
- 21 Oct 2019
Samsung leaves innovation to Chinese companies. He will compete with other GSM manufacturers by increasing screen size and CPU speed. One day they will wake up and see that they are below top 10....
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- Anonymous
- Hx6
- 21 Oct 2019
Anonymous, 20 Oct 2019Was going to buy S11 (my first Galaxy) because of "Linux on... moreWho told you the upcoming S11 and Exyons 9830 as powerful as core i5 can I get the link mentioned that.
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- Anonymous
- Hx6
- 21 Oct 2019
Wish Samsung disconnect all gimmick features that add to android and keeps useful one only.
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- Anonymous
- uJD
- 21 Oct 2019
Anonymous, 20 Oct 2019Was going to buy S11 (my first Galaxy) because of "Linux on... moreDoesn't matter if it rivals core i5, i7 or even i9.
Doesn't matter even if it uses AMD thread ripper.
Because it will only be running ARM processor. And most useful productive apps are using x86. 64bit even. So you end up with arm apps.. and you know developers have to support a wide range of phones and tablets.. no way they can take full advantage of the processing power.
The upcoming Surface Pro X, uses ARM processor, limited to emulate x86 32bit (Windows programs)
Can never match the performance of a lower i3 or i5..
- TheWildShadow55
- kCg
- 20 Oct 2019
Aw, this sucks, I feel like linux support on DeX was useful although I only tried it once on a friends' S9.
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- Anonymous
- arT
- 20 Oct 2019
Was going to buy S11 (my first Galaxy) because of "Linux on DeX"! The CPU in S11 will be as powerfull as mobile Core i5 7th Gen. But now will choose other brand for Snapdragon :(
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- mukhi
- rJx
- 20 Oct 2019
ZolaIII, 19 Oct 2019Torrent client: Flud, AV encoder: FFmpeg Media Encoder. Sam... moreFlud is a relatively unpopular client, mostly not supported by closed torrent community servers. On the other hand, utorrent exists in Android, only a very bad app unlike its equivalent in Windows. I know FFmpeg supports x265, but am not sure whether it supports 10 bit encoding.
Yup, Linux should be supported by Android (their base is the same; so, I don't see what the problem is). Windows aggressively started supporting Linux by including a patch in Win 10. So...
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- Wicho
- YeP
- 20 Oct 2019
This is a shame I was about to change my OP7 Pro for the note 10 for this very reason. I guess I saved myself a lot of money
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- Anonymous
- 8x$
- 20 Oct 2019
I though tab S6 was a great tablet, but in general, samsung has taken horrible decisions this year, now there is no good brands!!!
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- Nick Tagataka
- gR5
- 20 Oct 2019
Samsung just killed one of the main(or probably the biggest) reason to buy their tablets over iPad Pros. I mean, just...why Samsung? I'm seriously confused with their decision.
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- chester
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- 19 Oct 2019
Anonymous, 19 Oct 2019Lol, just killed Tab S6. Tab s4 was an excellent linux lapt... moreLol...with this pace of killing products/features Samsung will loose loyal customers
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Oct 2019
Lol, just killed Tab S6. Tab s4 was an excellent linux laptop, only betrayed by the low specs. Tab s6 finally has the hardware for a revolutionary laptop (only 420 grams!) and they discontinue linux on dex? *facepapm*