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[Q] Dell Inspiron Duo

Hi, My next computer will be a Dell Inspiron Duo... So i want to know if i can install Android using all drivers (better Honeycomb jejeje) and of course with dual boot, its perfect to mix a laptop with tablet
thx
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I am a little more greedy. I would like to have triple boots on the Dell Inspiron Duo.
One for Win7;
2nd one for linux;
3rd one for Android 2.2
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Have you thought bout havein it Virutalised ?
i got:
Base OS: Windows 7 Ultmaite SP1
__ Virtual Machines
Linux Ubuntu 10.10 32x
Linux Mint 10 32x
Windows XP Pro SP3 32x
LeoHazard OS X 10.6.2

Simon_WM said:
Have you thought bout havein it Virutalised ?
i got:
Base OS: Windows 7 Ultmaite SP1
__ Virtual Machines
Linux Ubuntu 10.10 32x
Linux Mint 10 32x
Windows XP Pro SP3 32x
LeoHazard OS X 10.6.2
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Had you installed these on Dell Inspiron Duo?
Is it a little bit slower to run virtual machines on this tablet PC (even it's a duo core netbook)?
The Android 2.2 still need to be installed on a separate partition/boot to become a faster touch screen tablet. feasible?

Why has this thread died? i would love to know. its my dealbreaker between getting a xoom and an inspiron duo

Simon_WM how did u install xp in inspiron duo? where did u find the sata drivers etc?
thank u.

kisaras...
he installed it on a virtual PC ( summit like VMware) and he didnt specify if he done it on a duo

has it been done yet
android on dell duo.. has it been done? is the performance better than windows? anyone with a hands on video of performance?
thinking of getting it instead of tablet.. is it worth?

I goggled some info on the duo cause I liked the way it looked n happen to like dell.. the only thing I found I dent like on it was dells "stand" it is super super slow. Utube it and you'll see. Wish it was faster and ran full android other then that I was happy with the specs n price.. Toshiba at100 or the 200 is what I think I might move to cause of dells slow movements
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Its possible
For me I have the same material (Ispiron Duo)
I M running windows8, Ubuntu 10.10 updated and I m looking to add Android
The Android I have test are 2.2 sparta (Works Fine) and the honeycomb 3.2 (Touchscreen seems to not works properly)
to do this you have to install first Windows an d after android WITHOUT Grub and after that you install UBUNTU
if Grug2 or Grub from ubuntu does not detect Android so look for the partition number for android and customise grub config manually according to thi web site
h t t p : //pundiramit.blogspot.com/2011/08/dual-booting-android-x86-and-ubuntu.html
good luck
(I m tring this at this time)

How did this go, i'm thinking about getting the duo for this reason too. I wish there was more people working on it. I really want to know how the quality is!

I know this post is a little late but I am running ICS on the Duo and it is working really well. I have the RC1 release of the 4.0 tegra port from the android-x86 project.
I am currently dual booting with the Win8 customer preview but I find that I don't go into Win 8 at all any more.

hi, I hope that someone is stil here....i've just buy this dell so I install Win 8.1 and I need/want to install android too....i've found a few things on google search, but not very useful..can someone indicate me a tutorial to follow?!

Hi,
Please post in out dedicated computer thread seen here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765837
This thread will have to be closed.

Windows or Linux?

Which do yall prefer? I would love to run Linux ubuntu on my laptop but windows runs so much faster. Any way to speed up ubuntu?
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I'm running fedora, but some of my devs are running ubuntu.. And 2 are on windows 7. Can't say that I've noticed a significant speed difference in any of the environments, and they're on the same hardware.
What in particular seems slow?
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How can linux be slower than windows?
It runs on far lower end systems but instead it suffers of incompatibility of some hardware and more bugs. I would reckon it's less secure too but because of it's unpopularity it is less attacked.
When a computer is old and slow I usually recommend installing ubuntu so that they can work with it.
Are you sure all drivers are installed correctly?

Ubuntu linux was always faster than windows 7 and xp for me. I'm using 10.10 if that matters.

I have to agree with you. I have a small HP netbook that runs fast as can be with Ubuntu. When it was running Windows I wanted to return it back to the store. That was the main reason for installing Ubuntu on it. I'm also running Ubuntu on a few desktops. Its a great OS.
e334 said:
Ubuntu linux was always faster than windows 7 and xp for me. I'm using 10.10 if that matters.
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Windows. I hate Linux with every ounce of my being from being forced to use it in several classes.
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ubuntu can be installed within windows using wubi, why not have both? you don't even need to worry about repartition yours harddrive.

Windows is best

Linux is fun. But with an atypic distribution like Archlinux, sometimes, you lose so much time to repair....
For this reason, to work, I use Windows, to geek, Linux !

You should use both.

I run windows but I have Ubuntu on a flash drive. I find that Ubuntu is more fun to mess around with and is easier to get around website blocks at school. The only reason I still use Windows is because of gaming.

always windows.
windows 7 professionel atm

Linux for everything except gaming.

Well on my Desktop I'm currently running Windows. On my phone, I'm currently running a Linux Bootloader, so that's a tough choice (HTC HD2). I think you should stay with Windows, due to the fact that its more reliable on computers in most cases. It's highly preferable to use a customized Linux Bootloader on your phone though, if it's able to read one like the HTC HD2 .

Me and my girlfriend got four PCs
My desktop running win7 32bit
My netbook with Ubuntu 11.04 It came with Win7starter
Girlfriends Laptop win7sp1 64bit
Our HTPC in the livingroom Ubuntu 11.04.
Also having an unused WinXP license, that came with my desktop.
Linux is OK for those things there are software matching the Win7
Like Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC and some more.
Would have running any Linux distro on my desktop if there where a photo and video editing software that could hold it to the ones for Windows.
Linux do piss me off more than once in while.
1. That thing with administrator rights, why? One can always re-install!
2.Why it isn't just to download and double click install files to get the program installed in Linux?
3.There are more, but not worth mentioning.

Linux is the best

bballer71418 said:
Which do yall prefer? I would love to run Linux ubuntu on my laptop but windows runs so much faster. Any way to speed up ubuntu?
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Ubuntu actually clocks faster than windows 7. I think around 5 times faster in fact.

linux, ubuntu 11

I stick to Windows more often than not, partly because of the software I use (e.g. Adobe Lightroom) and partly because I generally find that Windows has a smoother and more responsive user interface on the same hardware.
I've found this on my netbook a couple of years ago (Ubuntu Netbook Remix and straight Ububtu vs Windows XP), my work PCs (Centos vs Windows XP, and the Centos machine has more RAM) and my home PC (Fedora 14 vs Windows XP/32 and Windows 7/64). The first couple of times I did this comparison I was surprised, but I've come to see it as normal these days.

I have grown up with Windows...but with time...my hate to it growed as well...currently I am running a Linux (Pinguy 64bit) version on my new Hp laptop...which is really a well customized version of Ubuntu...it is more stable...super fast...and elegant if compared with Windows 7 64bit...moreover...Pinguy is free compated to the almost $250 Windows...that eacg time you install an update...Windows gets slower...Also note it is not the.case with Pinguy...Keep in mind that Pinguy has all drivers bundelled with it...i needed not a single driver dowbload...even for my Scanner and Printer...All programs are totally free that you can get fro the Ubuntu Software Center bundelled with Pinguy...I advice you to give it a try...and I guarantee you will stick to it and have Windows in you history...Good luck everyone...and hope I helped a bit
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Windows 7 on the Touchpad?

Any chance of or anyone know how to put win 7 onto my touchpad? I think it would make a great candidate for it.

Not possible natively as W7 doesn't offer an ARM port, unlike W8, which will. Now W7 via an emulator, that is another story.

As tbaker wrote you -
different architecture -
Mac OS & Windows uses x86/x86-64.
Android & iOS uses ARM.
Windows 8 will be also compiled against ARM.
TouchPad is Snapdragon ARM based.
Another thing to keep in mind is how much source is available.
Android is Open-Source from ground so usually once drivers are being written you can get it up & running to some extent.
Not the same with other platforms (Eg. W7 & iOS on Android devices)

tbaker077 said:
Not possible natively as W7 doesn't offer an ARM port, unlike W8, which will. Now W7 via an emulator, that is another story.
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I bet that would run like a dead dog.

piiman said:
I bet that would run like a dead dog.
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I'd be far more interested in getting Windows 8 (beta/alpha?) on this thing

SynGamer said:
I'd be far more interested in getting Windows 8 (beta/alpha?) on this thing
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229307

W7 would run like absolute garbage on it most likely.

Windows 7 isn't ARM compliant but Windows 7 Compact Embeded is.

oups no it's not.

Sorry, i reboot my brain :
- Windows Embedded Compact 7 can run on ARM, MIPS, x86
- Windows Embedded Standard 7 can run on x86 / x64 only.
- Windows Phone 7 can be an another option to run Windows on HP touchpad...
(WCE 7 legal demo : Low-risk business model
• Download a 180-day trial edition
of Windows Embedded Compact 7
• Create product demos and build real
proof-of-concept devices to show to
customers and only pay for licenses
when you ship)

I know dos-box already exists, you could probably do qemu under chrooted ubuntu... Windows 7 would probably work, you'd be on the VERY low side of usable ram (~700mb), and I can guarantee it would be so slow that it isn't worth using. A stripped version of XP... might be worth looking into.

Like that :
google "Microsoft shows off Windows Embedded Compact 7 (Windows CE 7) tablet with Metro-Like UI"

Interesting what will it take to get Windows 7 Compact installed on the TP?

More work than its worth.
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I think WP7 would run well on the pad.
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I wonder if Windows Phone 7.5 has the required drivers to run on the touchpad. Ram should be fine as most windows phones are running on 512mb ram

Yes sure, WP7 is based on Windows CE 7.

hyperfire21 said:
I wonder if Windows Phone 7.5 has the required drivers to run on the touchpad. Ram should be fine as most windows phones are running on 512mb ram
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I'm sure it does.
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Windows 7 on the Touchpad - possible or not?
Hey Guys!
As far as I remember...the Touchpad first was designed to be used with Windows 7 (wasn´t it?). After a while they distinguished between the slate and the touchpad...so is it possible, to get Windows 7 working on the Touchpad?

Not in a million years.
Windows 7 won't ever be ported to the ARM architecture.
Windows 8 is possible, but highly unlikely since the ARM version won't be available through retail channels.

To Linux Users: Which Distro Do You Recommend?

I'm looking into moving to linux. Main reason? I really don't like windows 8. Don't flame me, please, i tried living with it since the consumer preview came out, and i just really don't like it.
I have nothing against OSX, its a pretty good system, but i don't want to sell my soul to apple, and a mac is more than i can afford for the foreseeable future.
IMHO Windows 7 is the perfect system. Just saying.
I partitioned 20 Gb out of my HDD to try out windows 8 DP, have been dual booting up until this week, at which i formatted the partition and loaded ubuntu.
My initial reaction to ubuntu was not that great. I have nothing against the system but i'm not a fan of unity and IMHO the orange/purple color scheme is fugly. However i really liked the software center. I tried out Kubuntu today, much more appealing UI, but it kept throwing me off because it looks just like windows but you don't interact with it the same way. I wound up going back to my phone to check my email, it was that annoying. Not confusing just annoying.
I'm sure i could adjust to either fairly quickly but they're just not the best UIs, IMHO.
So, that brings me to what this is about: If you use an OS other than Windows or Mac, what is it and what do you use it/what do you like about it? and would you recommend it to others?

New with Linux? Then mint. If u have some experience then tu debian or arch
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Ubuntu with Gnome Shell.
Gnome Shell is also skinable, so you don't have to live with the fugly color scheme. You can check out some skins at DeviantArt here.
And while we're at it, take a look at this article over at Webupd8. It will guide you through everything after installing Ubuntu. Webupd8 is a really great site that posts great articles regarding apps and other tweaks, so keep an eye on it.
So, i clearly recommend Ubuntu, but if you're a veteran and not a noob in the linux world, then i recommend Arch. But it looks like you're a "noob", so i would go with Ubuntu.

I've been using Linux Mint and it's been very nice. Very stable desktop, a lot of applications in the software download thingie (name escapes me). There is exactly ONE method of installing the android sdk and it works the first time with no issues (unlike the 90 ubuntu ones where 80% of them are messed up or outdated).
Go mint, you won't be sorry.

mint is basically Ubuntu based right?
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I would go with Kubuntu, that's the KDE version off Ubuntu.

Ubuntu with Enlightment

Ubuntu. Just started using it two moths ago. Windows was starting to get really slow and buggy. Sometimes it took a minute to boot up completely, and sometimes it wouldn't open up Firefox or VLC. I had no viruses(at least not visible to firewalls)
Then I tried Ubuntu. I was suprised how darn fast it was. Everything work, boot-up is fast as lightning, it looks better than Windows etc.
Only problem is Terminal. You need to remember a lot of commands to handle your computer.
I really recommend trying Ubuntu. After all, it's free!
E: And yeah, try KDE desktop if you try any Linux distro. I really prefer it to Gnome or Unity!

ubuntu or DSL (DamnSmallLinux) if on old pc

Ubuntu if you're new to linux, otherwise Debian Wheezy with Gnome Shell

17 days to go till Ubuntu 12.04. I suggest you to try and wait for that.
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ubuntu. I have been using it for 5 years.

Ubuntu User right here. But Mint is also very nice.
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I use backtrack 5. I love it, I have it dual booting with win 7 64bit
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rockstarar said:
mint is basically Ubuntu based right?
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Ubuntu and Mint are both Debian based, I believe (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Still the same old terminal commands lol.

Ubuntu 10.10 is the best for me.. most stable (I tried up to 11.10) and no ugly Unity

PoorCollegeGuy said:
Ubuntu and Mint are both Debian based, I believe (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Still the same old terminal commands lol.
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I looked it up after posting
mint is based off Ubuntu which is based off debian which is based off Linux. mint is a derivative of Ubuntu
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i use ubuntu 64 bits and works awesome!

For personal usage ubuntu, for server i like debian as most stable best (also it is easier because commands/paths from debian and ubuntu are quite identical )

I like SUSE
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machine

what is the best laptop for application development for android and ios as well as for using dual operating system in one laptop for eg. windows and Linux
my budget is 2500$

If you want to develop for iOS then you need a Mac. You can't develop for iOS without a Mac.
And Mac is one of the best operating systems for developing mobile applications.
And Windows is the worst.
Get a MBP and you wont regret it ...
(#Runs away far far away).