[_ea1k]

Honestly, I played around with a desktop environment with Termux on a Pixel 5. I was shocked at how decent it was. I could see a new iPhone performing pretty well. With enough RAM, it'd be decent for a lot of people.

But it'd always have the unavoidable downside of meaning that your phone was effectively tethered (even if just wirelessly) to your desktop. And at that point, why not just have a decent CPU in the desktop?

I guess it'd work well in a world where you constantly traveled between workstations and also couldn't bring your laptop. I've never lived in that world.

[drewnick]

I also have been using XFCE on Debian on my S23 and using it for VS Code and some dev work. It runs node and python just fine and is quick. It's nice because it is minimal. Having a 4K screen and only my phone and some peripherals is a dream. We are close.