With the launch of the Galaxy S8, the Korean company also presented the Dex Station, a device that allowed turn our smartphone into a computer to use, and to which we can connect both a mouse and a keyboard and used as if it were a laptop or computer to use. Logically, the operating system is Android, so there are no problems with the applications.
In a move to try to extend the possibilities of the Galaxy S range, the Korean company launched Linux on Dex in beta, a project that eventually will not see the light as confirmed by the company itself to users who have been part of the beta. According to him, the project will not receive any further updates and will continue to operate until it is finally closed.
Samsung has not wanted to continue supporting Linux on Dex, therefore, as long as you don't update to Android 10, you can continue to use it. Android 10 completely removes this version of Linux for ARM-based mobile devices. This has been one of the main problems that have made the company consider whether or not to continue with this project.
On the one hand we find that when using Android a Linux kernel, which opens the door to being able to install distributions based on GNU, however in turn it is the main problem, since find applications designed to work with ARM processors Today it is very complicated if not impossible.
Samsung is not the first to try to offer an operating system through its mobile devices. Microsoft already tried it with Continuum, although part of the failure is mainly due to the low market share that Windows Mobile and later Windows 1st Mobile always had.
Now that ARM processors are something more common to see in laptops, it is likely that in the next few years, yes, let's see projects of this type, but based on Windows, which will open a huge range of possibilities for users. Meanwhile, we have to wait for developers to adopt their applications to work without processor problems with this architecture.
