i want to slot my phone into the computer like those cars where you insert the remote as a key.
The phone should have all the important data, and the computer is basically a smart dock that can be used on its own but when you insert the phone it’s a seamless experience.
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the_q@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
To be fair a phone that can be docked and used as any number of other workstations should really be the goal. One device that can do everything is the dream… Running Linux also a requirement.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 4 days ago
The ER staff don’t like it when people dock phones with their butt.
Dojan@pawb.social 4 days ago
You’re describing Ubuntu’s Convergence, something Canonical was working on back in like 2011 I think.
Sucks nothing really came of it. By 2014 there were a few functional demos of it but you don’t really see it nowadays.
Fontasia@feddit.nl 3 days ago
With the many attempts in Android to implement this it’s a little shocking that there hasn’t been more work in the open source space, but I guess Ubuntu mobile and Firefox OS couldn’t even make a deny and cost so much to develop
lath@piefed.social 4 days ago
The dream is playing music on the strings of reality.
A phone is just a pitstop.tankplanker@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I did Samsung dex for a while, its ok as long as you don’t want low level access to what you connecting to.
Now I switched to a gpd micropc 2 and its built in ethernet, sd card, usb a and c sockets and native linux make it so much more useful. No longer do i need dongles or other rubbish.
Plus it will do multiple monitor support, something dex struggles with. The keyboard is a little small for touch typing but the former factor is worth the trade of for me.
sundray@lemmus.org 4 days ago
Yes! Need a proper Linux phone at long last!
narp@feddit.org 3 days ago
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That was what the early Windows phones where doing. But the technology was still a bit clunky at the time.
camr_on@lemmy.world 4 days ago
We made some progress for a bit when we had the Samsung Dex that could run Ubuntu. The closest thing I have now is the steam deck but it’s easier to just have a laptop that plugs in
Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
To be fair, what most buttplugs lack is internet connectivity and support for basic office software.
pennomi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Now everyone can get fucked by Microsoft Excel
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I actually own a sex toy that, in order to use certain features, I need to connect to my phone via bluetooth and log in to their server on their app with a username and password. Careful what you wish for.
Dojan@pawb.social 4 days ago
Shit. Get Lovense or something instead. Still has Bluetooth connectivity but there are so many open source clients to make use of.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Thanks for the suggestion!
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Hey some do have internet connectivity.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Why wouldn’t the buttplug have internet connectivity? Kids, remember to update your sex toys with the latest security patches!
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
To tell you to go to the motel
Zoot@reddthat.com 4 days ago
Maybe I should watch iasip Holy shit that was great
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
It says it’s connected & morse code exists