I have 2 Linux boxes for different gaming purposes but macOS/Apple on everything else. It’s the ecosystem. There just isn’t any native support for Android in Linux (yet). Things stopping me from switching:
performance per watt for laptops
native texting app (similar to iMessage that uses cellular numbers) on Linux (RCS desktop client)
scrcpy needs to be less obtuse
Linux theming needs to be more resilient to OS upgrades (this may be wrong, but it’s been a bit difficult to see how themes won’t be broken between major KDE/gnome updates)
phone notifications on desktop through btLE (I’m not always on a wifi network)
continuity between form factors
voice assistant support (I’d LOVE Gemini for desktop)
Out of everything, the last three are the most important for me because I depend on those apps every day. Linux is just so damn close, and KDE connect is just a few features away from being perfect.
Can’t you text on Android from a computer via Google’s site? I seem to remember reading about that. I’ve never tried it, though — and it would be through a web browser (and likely requiring a Google account/login, though the latter could be said about iMessage/Apple account).
Yeah, Google messages works great from the web. I just really want a native client for RCS messages; granted Google was supposed to open RCS for others to implement but never did. I could totally live with a web app, but it’s still a painpoint nonetheless.
What I’m thinking being that this is Linux and I feel like that gives you more options — some kind of dedicated browser or like a web app. So it could be done. Like I always have iMessage open on my desktop. I have a loose grid of apps I keep open. I don’t see my wallpaper. I wonder if you could do that with a web app or a web view, like no toolbars, just the page in a window.
Oh for sure, I could always use a web wrapper app for Google messages and keep it in a workspace like I do with iMessage. There’s a bunch of them out there that turn websites into desktop apps.
I have 2 Linux boxes for different gaming purposes but macOS/Apple on everything else. It’s the ecosystem. There just isn’t any native support for Android in Linux (yet). Things stopping me from switching:
Out of everything, the last three are the most important for me because I depend on those apps every day. Linux is just so damn close, and KDE connect is just a few features away from being perfect.
Can’t you text on Android from a computer via Google’s site? I seem to remember reading about that. I’ve never tried it, though — and it would be through a web browser (and likely requiring a Google account/login, though the latter could be said about iMessage/Apple account).
Yeah, Google messages works great from the web. I just really want a native client for RCS messages; granted Google was supposed to open RCS for others to implement but never did. I could totally live with a web app, but it’s still a painpoint nonetheless.
What I’m thinking being that this is Linux and I feel like that gives you more options — some kind of dedicated browser or like a web app. So it could be done. Like I always have iMessage open on my desktop. I have a loose grid of apps I keep open. I don’t see my wallpaper. I wonder if you could do that with a web app or a web view, like no toolbars, just the page in a window.
Oh for sure, I could always use a web wrapper app for Google messages and keep it in a workspace like I do with iMessage. There’s a bunch of them out there that turn websites into desktop apps.