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   ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS

   Anyone tried !linux on !android? | http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxonandroid/

   about 10 months ago from mustard at North Jefferson, United States
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     johnnynull Android OS

     @jpope That’s pretty freakin’ sweet!

     about 10 months ago
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , johnnynull

     That’s what I thought. I’m downloading the small Debian image now (w/XFCE) to try it out this evening. ;)

     about 10 months ago
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     X11R5 johnnynull

     â*» @johnnynull: That’s because it is pretty sweet

     about 10 months ago
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     uıɐɾ ʞ ʇɐɯɐs Android OS

     @jpope Neat project. I’ve setup a Linux chroot on my Android device before, and it’s a total PITA

     about 10 months ago
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     johnnynull X11R5

     @x11r5 It’s sweet because it’s sweet? That tracks.

     about 10 months ago
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , uıɐɾ ʞ ʇɐɯɐs

     I bet. This looks like it’ll help with setting the chroot up. Should be fun.

     about 10 months ago
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     X11R5 johnnynull

     @johnnynull It’s come to the r that

     about 10 months ago
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     jfm Android OS

     I haven’t tried that project, but I have run a #linux chroot on #android: http://ur1.ca/3vwak

     about 10 months ago
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     jfm Android OS , jfm

     Oops, wrong link: http://ur1.ca/9t0h3

     about 10 months ago
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     mvdan Android OS

     Now that you mention it, I should try it too. Would it run on a dual-core smartphone, or is it optimised for tablets?

     about 10 months ago
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , mvdan

     @mvdan I don’t think that it’s necessarily optimized for tablets. My tablet is dual core and it seems to run the lighter desktops alright.

     about 10 months ago
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , mvdan

     @mvdan Still, I did this more just for the hell of it. The experience of a non-touch environment using a touchscreen isn’t very pleasing IMO.

     about 10 months ago
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     mvdan Android OS

     Cool :) My #pyramid may catch fire, but it’ll try its best at running debian! haha | #Sidenote: deleted dents make it to other instances, so yeah, I did see your #brainfart dent ;)

     about 10 months ago
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , mvdan

     @mvdan Yeah, I tried deleting it before it PuSHed, didn’t succeed. ;)

     about 10 months ago
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     mvdan Android OS

     You’re very right there. Maybe some kind of stripped-down Unity could work?

     about 10 months ago
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , mvdan

     @mvdan The Debian img they have for download is quite old, Lenny with XFCE 4.4. http://micro.jpope.org/attachment/41550

     
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , mvdan

     @mvdan That’s a thought I had as well. I also tried the ubuntu unity image but it was completely unusable on my tablet. It is a full install so maybe a lighter setup would be better.

     about 10 months ago
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     jrobb Android OS

     @jpope gnome or unity may be better. Probably would run a lot slower, though

     about 10 months ago
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     mvdan Android OS

     Is that because squeeze is too big and/or needs too many resources to perform OK?

     about 10 months ago
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     x1101

     @jpope Sorry, I missed the backlog, what tablet are you talking about?

     about 10 months ago
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     mvdan Android OS

     I’ve always hated Unity not because I’m against tablet designs, but because it’s full of crap. If it were lighter, it would probably be perfect for our androids.

     about 10 months ago
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , mvdan

     @mvdan Not sure why they picked lenny over squeeze. I don’t think squeeze is any bigger or heavier though.

     about 10 months ago
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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ x1101

     @x1101 I got a Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE quite some time back actually. ;)

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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , jrobb

     @jrobb Yeah, unity was unusable for me. I did see the desktop but, that was about it. :/

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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ Android OS , mvdan

     @mvdan I love tablet designs, on a tablet. ;)

     about 10 months ago
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     x1101

     @jpope so are you running GNU/Linux or Android/Linux on it?

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     mvdan Android OS

     I’m not talking about the image size, I’m talking about RAM. AFAIK minimal lenny is ~80MB, whilst minimal Squeeze is +100MB.

     about 10 months ago
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     mmn

     Is this related (project or technology) to Ubuntu on Android? http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android

     about 10 months ago
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     mvdan mmn

     I don’t think so, no.

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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ x1101

     @x1101 Running android and can chroot into a linux desktop on the device, so both.

     about 10 months ago
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     x1101

     @jpope nice!

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     ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ mmn

     @mmn As far as I know, the linuxforandroid project isn’t related with that at all.

     about 10 months ago
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     mvdan Android OS

     Yeah, that’s another thing. Ubuntu with Unity isn’t considered a desktop distro anymore by most ;)

     about 10 months ago