[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SC07 TP2:
I think Samsung need to tell us who they are targeting with Linux on Galaxy to truly answer these questions.

1) Will calling it 'Linux on DeX' instead of 'Linux on Galaxy' promote awareness (and adoption) of DeX/Linux to the wider Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+/Note8/S9/S9+ phone owning populace? Never has a potent convergence device been so widely adopted by the world. Motorola Atrix and Windows Continuum compatible phones were niche products and the Huawei Mate 10 Pro isn't likely to have much market share compared to Samsung. Yet the disparaging remarks I've seen about DeX on other XDA forums is a sign of the ignorance and indifference out there.

Will calling it 'Linux on DeX' change that? IMHO I don't think so. Painful as it is, DeX is still/will always be considered niche and can easily be dismissed by the general computing media/naysayers. DeX is part of every modern Galaxy phone so keeping it 'Linux on Galaxy' signals that it is available for every user of a modern flagship Samsung Galaxy phone whether they have heard of DeX before or not and is less able to be dismissed.

2) Will charging for it be a successful move to enter the market/capture mindshare? It already costs serious money to play the game (modern flagship Samsung Galaxy phone, DeX docking station or DeX Pad and HDMI display) and to charge on top of that will add an additional barrier to even giving it a go. It's not like Samsung are offering a Lapdock option either so even a cheap Chromebook laptop with a VGA socket and a Linux image is going to be cheaper and offer better mobility (a Mirabook will cost $299 + postage and import duty when in production).

At the same time, software development teams cost money and we are quick to dis vendors when the software is buggy. Even Apple have quality assurance problems with their software and they have huge dev teams. Samsung are slow on the software update cycle so does this improve if it is a paid product?

In summary, we need to understand who they are targeting to truly answer the name change, pay/no pay and how much question? Is it Joe Public or the enterprise market? Is it an emulation layer like Wine i.e. the user still needs to put in the work to install a Linux image? Will it connect to Windows AD domains and network drives? Is there a guarantee of regular updates and bug fixes? Is In-App purchasing to unlock additional functionality the way to go rather than charging to even play? Lots of questions, not many answers right now.

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I suspect capturing mouse wheel scroll is a system privileged setting so no-one can implement a global Ctrl + scrollwheel zoom in-out function except for Samsung.

Hi SmilerOnline - can you tell us how Desktop Hub's Ctrl + '+' Pinch to zoom in and Ctrl + '-' Pinch to zoom out works, please? I've noticed that most apps that support finger pinch to zoom do respond to these keyboard shortcuts but the granularity is hit or miss.

For example, Ctrl + '+' will simulate a really deep zoom in (too much) for Chrome browser, image viewers and Here Maps with Ctrl + '-' having less dramatic zoom out whereas it is the opposite with Google Maps. Granularity for Samsung Internet is fine.

Could a user defined global (or even a per App) setting for the keyboard shortcut Pinch to Zoom functionalty be developed in Desktop Hub e.g. we can independently set the granularity (sensitivity) of zooming in and zooming out?