What's stopping me from putting a 128gb sd card into my Galaxy note 4 and dual boot android with a linux distro and finally ditch my laptop? Tell me /g/, why I haven't seen it anywhere? Why don't you put linux dual boot on your powerful device? why? why?
>>54685923
The read/write speeds.
A keyboard.
I will physically stop you from doing it.
>>54685923
drivers
>>54685940
Phones are powerful enough for common tasks and if you are a linux user you don't need fancy GUI and you can save processing power.
>>54686025
Just dock your phone with a keyboard/mouse/display?
I just don't understand why no one has attempted this before
>>54685923
>Why don't you put linux dual boot on your powerful device? why? why?
because
1) linux has noapps, if I want a hobby OS , I'll install Haiku.
2) a tablet and/or phone is not my most powerful device and probably won't be for a long time
3) a computer without a keyboard is useless
4) 128 gb is barely enough storage for a month
>>54686048
I heard linux distros are ported and run with the android kernel and drivers so it wouldn't be a problem? The programs architecture would though.
>>54686053
>Just dock your phone with a keyboard/mouse/display?
>I just don't understand why no one has attempted this before
it's more convenient to carry a laptop, than carry a phone, a keyboard and external display and worry about batteries in all 3.
Unless your phone has a dedicated port of any Linux distros for it, yer fukd
Unless you go the shitty chroot+vnc route
because phone chip makers and manufacturers go out of their way to prevent you from doing this
>>54686053
>>54685923
nothing is stoping you, hook up mini hdmi, and get a bluetooth mouse and kb and you are set
>I just don't understand why no one has attempted this before
people have done this before, even companies have done it
>http://www.amazon.com/AT-Laptop-Dock-Motorola-ATRIX/dp/B004M17D62
normies apparently dont like that very much, maybe they like to carry around multiple applel devices instead (you know, cos more makes me better than the rest)
>t. wish my smartphone had minihdmi
>>54686130
>even companies have done it
see also
>ubuntu convergence
>that Windows Phone thing
>>54686130
The main concern would be program compatibility in the arm linux distro though, everything else is easily doable
>>54686100
Is chroot that shitty? what's the main difference between that and a native linux distro?
>>54686201
It doesn't run as well since
a) It has to share its resources with Android
b) It runs over VNC
>>54686038
I will fucking beat your ass lmfao
Try it and come back and let us know how it went. Don't let people scare you out of it. Do it!
>>54686053
>Just dock your phone with a keyboard/mouse/display?
>This is somehow easier and more convenient than a normal lap top.
Or are you implying you have a keyboard/mouse/display waiting for you wherever you go?
>>54686070
>4) 128 gb is barely enough storage for a month
This. I've downloaded more than that just today.
>>54685923
It's slow and impractical.
>>54685923
Stop being a cheap nigger and just buy one that already has Linux on it: http://www.ubuntu.com/phone/devices
>>54686070
>if I want a hobby OS , I'll install Haiku.
Are you seriously implying that Haiku is more usable than Linux? Does it even have wifi drivers yet?
>>54688512
android IS linux, you niggerfaggot
>>54685923
ARM
>>54688516
>Are you seriously implying that Haiku is more usable than Linux?
No, I'm implying that neither is usable as a proper full desktop OS
>Does it even have wifi drivers yet?
It had working wifi when I last checked a year ago, so it should still have them unless they fucked up (which they might)
>>54685923
>What's stopping me from eating shit out of my hands? Tell me /g/, why I haven't seen it anywhere? Why don't you eat shit out of your hands? why? why?
>>54685923
The Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display is a far superior choice.
