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Not super well supported, but there's a Samsung Dex app for Windows and MacOS (I think unsupported now) that let's you plug your phone into your computer, and get Dex in a window. Runs the phone apps on the phone, gets your android store etc. but you get an "ok" minimal desktop that lets you do your phone stuff with a mouse and keyboard.

After I figured that out I basically dropped all the run Android on a desktop things.



There's also https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy which works for any Android, not just Samsung


Unfortunately a non-starter since it requires USB Debugging Mode, which these days most programs if they see it will refuse to run.


I have never in my life seen an app that cared about adb being enabled. I'm willing to believe that you've encountered them, but I'm gonna question "most programs".


Also no way to trigger DeX/Android Desktop mode without some kind of fake HDMI dongle.




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