Ask HN: Anyone using Samsung DeX?

1 points by genericone 7y ago ↗ HN

I will be getting my hands on a Galaxy S9 in the near future and one of the touted features is "Dex", some sort of mobile desktop. There was a big discussion about it a year ago, but I haven't exactly heard much since then. What are hners take on Dex? Is it any good? Do you use it on a regular/semi-regular basis? Is it just a charger at this point for most people?

Previous Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15743785

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gaspoweredcat 7y ago ↗

i played with it briefly when the s8 came out but i dont believe that much has changed with it since then. the idea is all well and good i guess but the reality is that most of us have plenty of desktop devices already and as a general rule theyre more useful than a basic desktop environment on an ARM based system

unless for some reason you have a monitor, keyboard and mouse but nothing to connect to them it may suffice for something but id argue that even a raspberry pi is more versatile