Graphene OS running Android 16 in Desktop mode. Very Windowsy, but I don't mind. This is going to be huge. 
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Damn Daniel.
Wen graphene hardware phones
Working with a major OEM on this. Should things go well and we are on track then 2026 or 2027.
Wait a sec, I thought GrapheneOS was Pixel only and I didn't think Pixels supported video out. Interesting.
8th gen Pixels and later support USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode. They had it for a while to prepare for this
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I want this but different. I don't want android, I want real Linux.
In an ideal world I'd take my phone put it in a phone sized hole in my laptop and it would just extend to a full desktop. Then I could always take it out and go back to mobile view.
In the future, the phone will just be a hypervisor.
Likely not your solution but may interest you anyways.
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Android already supports virtualizing desktop operating systems. We want to work on supporting Desktop Linux or Windows ARM apps to run in their own overlayed Windows, or just running a GUI virtual machine (current stock OS only allows terminal).
Say hello to GNOME on #GrapheneOS (credit tuxpizza)
KDE Plasma reported not to work in certain situations but ways to overcome being looked at. Here is footage of KDE (credit Bench)
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KDE Plasma reported not to work in certain situations but ways to overcome being looked at. Here is footage of KDE (credit Bench)
Exciting! I don't know if I want a VM though. Better than nothing but perhaps there can be better solutions in the future.
Is there anything stopping dual booting PostmarketOS (or other mobile distros) and Android?
I don't think Linux works well on phones. Plus, it is nice if the desktop mode is isolated from your main system. If that crashes, the phone still works.
I would like this too. I think one reason it is unworkable is that the android runtime (and thus android apps) are designed to economize the battery usage. This is one of the reasons multitasking on android is clunky -- its not the main feature.
Purism made a phone that sort of does what you want. So they claim, but from what I know they are big and slow AF. I wouldn't know because I never got mine -- beware of that company. They will take your money and send you a defective piece of crap or nothing at all.
Can it do it wirelessly (remote desktop-like)?
Using graphene OS desktop mode to check your gmail, lolol
I think that image is the default for AOSP. 😁