Over the weekend, Samsung notified a relatively small number of customers via email that it was putting its eleven-month-old Linux on DeX project on hold. The project allowed using a special docking station (later even in some cases only with the help of a USB-C cable) in combination with one of the latest smartphone models to run a full-fledged Linux system alongside Androidu. Although the program was not very widespread, a handful of active users managed to like it.
With the advent of the operating system Android 10, but Samsung announced that it was ending the project for good. In the beta version of the new Androidu for Samsung smartphones Galaxy You will no longer find Linux support on the S10, and users are thus left to alternatives such as apps Linux Deploy. However, according to some developers, these alternatives do not reach the quality of the discontinued Linux on DeX. The Linux on DeX project was not primarily intended to attract die-hard Linux users to Samsung's mobile devices, but rather to developers. Users on various discussion forums agreed that after two years of beta testing of the Linux on DeX project, they expected the arrival of a full version rather than a definitive end. However, the DeX platform will continue to operate.
Samsung teamed up with Canonical for the Linux on DeX project. As part of its farewell to the LoD platform, Samsung thanked users for their patronage and valuable feedback and announced that LoD support will no longer be available for future devices and OS updates. Samsung has not yet announced the reason for the end of support.
