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What is the status of connecting the ubuntu phone to a screen to get a personal computer running ubuntu desktop ?



WIP, here's a demo of the current state https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3PUYoa1c9M


Wow.. that is impressive... Obviously running libreoffice as is on the nexus 4 is not really usable, but overall.. wow!


Yeah the demo/description was pretty inspiring. Phone->dock+monitor+storage->computer (for everyday stuff). The linked tablet video seems close enough but I'd love a phone version to theoretically have one device for everything. This is still my "tech wish for the year" :D


In progress. The bq device doesn't support it.


I thought that ship sailed when the croudfunding campaign didn't meet targets.


Even if it's possible with this device (which I don't know) that's still an ARM processor you have. It's a Cortex A7 a bit faster from what you get in a Raspberry Pi 2 but not much.

Anyway, those phones or tablets that turn into supposed regular computers are cool, but at the end of the day when I have access to a screen and keyboard there is usually a computer not far. Since my data is in the cloud anyway, I'd rather use that separate computer than my phone.


There are plenty of situations where I don't want to trust the available computer with my data.

And I very frequently find myself in situations where the network connection is so poor that streaming my data over the network is an exercise in frustration.

When I then walk around with more and more powerful computers in my pocket, it's great to be able to make use of it.


Even if you don't have a fast Internet pipe, you can just boot the PC from your Android phone instead, using DriveDroid. I'm not sure if you can also access the files on the sdcard, though.


How about SSH-ing into it and coding within by way of Vim/Tmux. That's what is exciting me.




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