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This is a documented issue, the Terminal app is still a highly experimental developer option so it can be prone to breaking. Desktop mode is separate to the Terminal app. We had disabled a lot of it for a while because of that. We're hoping to improve it, make it more stable and then possibly support different distributions instead.

I'd conflated the two. Thanks.

One per user profile for now. This makes it more than Android since they have Private Space only in Owner. Supporting multiple private spaces a profile would be desirable for the future.

I agree. Thanks.

Running other distros in the VM manager other than Debian would be desirable and something we'd like to work on when we are less ambushed with major update porting. Unsure how broad OS support will be yet.

No stress! You are already doing a fantastic job. Really appreciated! ❤️ Can't wait to have a desktop environment on-the-go in my pocket😀

That would be the experimental terminal app which is a separate thing I hadn't demonstrated. There's a lot of other changes we'd like to make regarding the Terminal app as well.

Yes. This example is with DisplayPort Alt Mode on a Pixel 9.

Yes. In this setup the device is plugged into a USB-C monitor that has a keyboard and mouse connected to it. The standard phone display is still useable during this.

Get something like this and boom, your phone is a desktop.

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What I'd still miss to use it as Laptop replacement is an attached harddisk for more space. Or is this possible already?

magic, does it mean we can connect the GOS mobile to the big screen and run it as linux with floating windows?

You can connect Pixels with DisplayPort alt mode (8 and higher) to an external display and it will work. You get a desktop environment and can run all your installed apps in floating windows. Need to enable developer options though, in the future you wont need to. You can't run Linux apps in a good and easy way yet. A working desktop mode for Android apps is the base to build an environment for desktop applications in the future. Want to support Fedora and (if we're reaching for the stars) Windows ARM as potential platform targets. You can use the Linux Terminal app and enable GUI to use a virtualized Debian environment with GUI apps. We did it with desktop Chromium before and even some DE's like GNOME. It's a very experimental developer option and breaks even in very basic use right now. Doesn't work through VPN either. Upstream will improve this as well.

Would be sweet to just dock our phones and let it rip on a big screen/ mouse/ keyboard. LFG

The 8a is a small leap but provides years longer update time and a gigantic security boost. You also get the DisplayPort Alt Mode for this feature. What I usually recommend new users to get now.

potential new user here, what is 8a? thx in advance :)

Google Pixel 8a - https://store.google.com/product/pixel_8a?hl=en-US GrapheneOS only runs on Google hardware (for now) but just because these phones have the best security features and upstream support. All Google spyware and garbage is removed when you install Graphene. I've been using Graphene for years now and would rather not own a phone than go back to using Google'd android (or worse Samsung's version)

Yeah that's a good point, I'll see if I can find one on sale anywhere or maybe pick up one used p2p 🫡

Not as much as you'd think, to be honest, but don't expect to be blown away with the performance.

Ok! Looking forward to the Android 17 release. Thanks for your work!

You need to enable the option in the developer settings

Desktop Mode doesn't work well on high resolutions yet.

Will it be supported? Or is it a hardware limitation?