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All locked bootloader possibilties asside, in the best possible senario I'd like to know if the webtop could be replaced by a full Debian (or other distro) install without messing up the way it merges with Android and the 10 foot gui.
Now obviously with the phone still waiting to be released I can't and won't expect an actual answer till some devs can get their hands on a rom. So for now, I just want to hear people's opinions on the matter.
Good idea? Bad idea? Waste of a thread? IMPOSSIBLE PIPE DREAM?! What do you guys think?
Motorola reps have indicated that the Webtop environment is Debian based, the Firefox about window mentions Ubuntu - either way I'm hoping the dpkg package manager is present and adding software is as easy as getting root on the device and then adding some packages. If I can do that I won't care about a "full distro" install, I just want to add a few packages for software I'm interested in. And doing so shouldn't interfere with the custom window manager / webtop features.
If dpkg works this would be great.
I think replacing the distro would be complicated cause a lot of features would go missing. For example the freezing of the session.
One thing I don't understand is why Firefox is used instead of Chrome...
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I'm guessing it's because of Firefox's lower memory footprint when dealing with lots of tabs. Hard to say though. I'd prefer Chrome, but Firefox does make some sense in this environment.
The desktop version of Chrome requires an x86/amd64 processor for the V8 Javascript engine. Obviously there are Android / ARM versions of Chrome in existence but you would need to do some porting / tweaking to get the high-performance Javascript engine working, which is one of the main reasons people like Chrome. So I'm sure it was much easier to just take the work Ubuntu had already done to get Firefox running on Linux/ARM.
I wonder if a ChromeOS port could be posible...?
I really think that Ubuntu 's focus on the new touchscreen interface is going to end up being used a lot in something like this in other Android phones and tablets.
I'm currently writing an article about the Atrix for Techerator.com and I think it's going to give some good insight into what the future holds. Check it out in a week or so.
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The desktop version of Chrome requires an x86/amd64 processor for the V8 Javascript engine. Obviously there are Android / ARM versions of Chrome in existence but you would need to do some porting / tweaking to get the high-performance Javascript engine working, which is one of the main reasons people like Chrome. So I'm sure it was much easier to just take the work Ubuntu had already done to get Firefox running on Linux/ARM.
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You already have webkit in a standard android environment.
If the target arch is armv7+vfp ++, then v8 is on by default.
A full blown chromium would only, probably make sense for a tablet, but not for a phone.
Thanks for correcting me! That's good to know.
I would think full-blown Chromium makes as much sense as full-blown Firefox, which is included.
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Thanks for correcting me! That's good to know.
I would think full-blown Chromium makes as much sense as full-blown Firefox, which is included.
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I agree. Not to mention the convenience of Google Sync.
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I wonder if it will run java?
(MINECRAFT!!!)
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I wonder if it will run java?
(MINECRAFT!!!)
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I need Java, I'd love to be able to run TunerStudioMS to play with the standalone in my car ( danger to the manifold )
Both are Tegra2 devices
Both are using the same Wifi chips
Both are GSM/HSPA devices
Plan of action:
Get Xoom kernel for 2.6.32 (same level as the kernel we've got for Atrix)
Diff the two for platform specific changes
Get Xoom kernel for 4.1.2 release (http://www.xda-developers.com/android/motorola-xoom-gets-stock-rooted-android-4-1-2/)
Put in platform specific changes learned from diff
Then you should have a binary compatible Atrix-fied Xoom kernel, running on the Atrix. Which enables you to
Use Xoom hardware acceleration
Have a propper Project Butter experience
Have a kernel that doesn't run on the compatibility mode of bionic libraries
A more modern and mature Linux kernel (and libs)
Xoom Device specifics
git clone https://android.googlesource.com/device/moto/stingray
Xoom Kernel
git clone https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/tegra
Xoom Sourceforge page
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xoom.motorola/files/
Wiki entry for the SOC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra (note the difference, we're using Ventana, Xoom is using Harmony => we are using different chips - surprise...)
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board-*.c differences
ATRIX STARTUP (tegra_olympus_init)
Tegra common init
Programming jig on GPIO PV6 disable
Pin multiplexing
Clock init
Setup debug UART on UART B
Start DSI clock
Start 3D clock, make sure it is at correct speed
Register platform devices
Keypad
I2C
LCD Panel
SDHCI/MMC
WLAN
Nothing weird here.
XOOM STARTUP
Tegra common init
Tegra init suspend
EMC
Setup Tap delay on wifi chip to 6
Programming jig on GPIO PV4 disable
USB OTG setup
Setup GPIO for charging circuitry on GPIO PV5
Enable charge LEDS
Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling disabling on P1 hardware
Enable power rail on Wifi/BT chip BCM4329
Pin mux edit
Clock init
Setup debug through UART B (! same as Atrix)
Init Digital->Audio converter 1
Init Digital->Audio converter 2
Setup device structs on platform struct
Audio init
RAM Console start
Weird memory carve outs (for what, firmware later on?)
Register platform devices with kernel
I2C
Power off (?) init
Keypad
Touch
Power
W1
WLAN
GPS
USB
Marked are things that are different and / or weird in the init phase.
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Its a good plan, but woudnt the architecture be slightly different?
I really don't know what it means, but it was said very often in the forums:
Xoom = SoC T20
Atrix = SoC AP20h
But I hope that you can do some magic :silly:
Have you actually started this process or is it just a plan you hope will work?
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it's not only the cpu and antenna...there is also the camera,fingerprint and imo the resolution of the screen is also important...
so this kernel cannot be used...only some parts of it mabe
If is works, It will be a great dev but
is it possible?
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Also, code names for these units:
Xoom = Stingray
Atrix = Olympus
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/tegra/
Found the kernel source... Seems as though we are capped at 2.6.39, for now.
mateusdalpi said:
I really don't know what it means, but it was said very often in the forums:
Xoom = SoC T20
Atrix = SoC AP20h
But I hope that you can do some magic :silly:
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Can you point me up on what does that mean?
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Finally someone that's thinking in the long term. Barring a kernel source leak from Motorola, this would be a way to go. Sounds like massive coding process though. Are you up to it? Do you have a plan?
Kudos for the idea.
I have XOOM MZ601, because of that I buy Atrix, it's the same machine...this will be great, and also tu put webtop ( I know I am boring, but I have lapdock and I desperately need webtop ):good:
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Finally someone that's thinking in the long term. Barring a kernel source leak from Motorola, this would be a way to go. Sounds like massive coding process though. Are you up to it? Do you have a plan?
Kudos for the idea.
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Ok - some history:
I've worked at a mining communications/safety company Becker Mining Systems, for their R&D firm Becker R&D in South Africa.
We've developed an Android VOIP phone for to be used in mining (hazardous, please-don't-make-a-spark) environments. We've succeded, but then Germany practically canned their colleries (hug-a-tree-don't-kill-johnny-polar-bear) - resulting us to stop development 2 months before manufacturing (literally only had to make the moulds). Sigh - the collery overseers DSK was the contracting client.
My job was to get Android running on this Freescale iMX31 based platform. I did the kernel + Wifi + Android + VOIP and a bit of the UI.
Plan of action:
/arch/arm/ is the first point to go looking for things in the kernel. In this case, we'll be looking for /arch/arm/mach-tegra/, this is where all the platform specifics will hide away.
Compare board-olympus.c and board-stingray.c (+ board-olympus.h and board-stingray.h). Look for similarities, look for differences. These are the glue points - in this .c files the startup / fixup / powerup of the platform starts off. See it as the void main(void) file for the platforms.
Adapt the board-stingray.c in such a way that it starts up on the Atrix
After kernel start up, get the peripherals running. This includes UARTS (USB the most common, and debug), SPI (chats to other peripherals), MMC (chats to the WiFi/BT module) and also the screen.
Merge in libraries - we'll probably using the Atrix radio driver file, but the rest (Wifi, OpenGL libs) from the Xoom
If all of this doesn't make sense to you, please press the thank you button and refrain from commenting on this feed
Hmmm... yeah you are the right person for this job :laugh::good: :highfive:
I wish you to succeed, you would make lot of people to be really happy !
If you need testers, i'll be right there.
Jokersax already said its possible, in fact, he was using some Xoom binaries that he ported, but he also said that it required a MASSIVE amount of coding, time and skills to get it done.
Hope you can accomplish this dude! Good luck!
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yeah well those didn't really make a difference... and we have the libs, only need a supporting kernel.
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Indeed, he showed that it was possible.
It might help when nVidia goes opensource with the Tegra drivers, but so far I haven't seen enough details on that to be encouraged yet. I suspect that what we'll see will be either code dropped into nouveau or a separate driver set rather than nVidia opening up their proprietary drivers.
mvniekerk, please join Atrix Re-Birth Project.
We already have libs for Atrix, two leaked rom, closed kernel, useful CM 10 (I'm using it right now), great developers (Epinter, MMontuori, TPoint75...)
With your knowledge and enthusiasm we could go even further and faster.
This can be tested, it's very simple, dd the xoom boot partition to a file, then flash out back to the Atrix. If it passes the boot logo, there is hope...
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mvniekerk: If you're serious about this undertaking, I'm sure there would be quite a few willing to donate, including myself.
In fact, I suggested something similar, but using the Galaxy R kernel as base ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32274673, last post on that page). That is a 3.x kernel.
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For those of you who do penetration testing, InfoSec, or for the (greyhats), I'm planning on trying to recreate the Pwnie Express Pwn Pad as a side project. If you don't know what I'm referring to, take a look at the following link:
http://pwnieexpress.com/collections/pwn-pad/products/pwnpad
I would never pay $800 for a N7 but I will pay the $20 for the wifi adapter and then build my own!
I work full time and am a n00b when it comes to Android development so any help or testing offers are greatly appreciated.
Holy sh*t they really over price that :/
You would need a WiFi adapter capable of doing your task. Most WiFi adapters are not compatible with aircrack-ng etc...
Also I know some programs listed need the drivers for the specific WiFi adapter used. Let's just say its not a beginners job, but hey, research and test and maybe it will be possible.
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How about making this one works first? A great first step for your project.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31731196
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Thanks for the replies guys, I have a working knowledge of several of the tools used (aircrack-ng suite, reaver, john the ripper, etc). I have a few good wifi adapters that support packet injection, however I'm not sure about any Android capability. I think I even have the wifi adapter they sell with the Pwnie Express version but I'll have to take a look. If so, at least I know that specific adapter will work as intended via OTG cable.
adxgrave, thanks for the thread. I know that the aircrack-ng suite does work on the ARM architecture because I've run it from my Raspberry Pi before, however I understand that's not at all close to making it work on the N7. I'll keep digging into this topic this week and get back here with some more information.
Again, thanks for the replies fellas.
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Thanks for the replies guys, I have a working knowledge of several of the tools used (aircrack-ng suite, reaver, john the ripper, etc). I have a few good wifi adapters that support packet injection, however I'm not sure about any Android capability. I think I even have the wifi adapter they sell with the Pwnie Express version but I'll have to take a look. If so, at least I know that specific adapter will work as intended via OTG cable.
adxgrave, thanks for the thread. I know that the aircrack-ng suite does work on the ARM architecture because I've run it from my Raspberry Pi before, however I understand that's not at all close to making it work on the N7. I'll keep digging into this topic this week and get back here with some more information.
Again, thanks for the replies fellas.
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Even if android doesn't support air crack, I'm pretty sure it does, as I had the alpha app waaaay in the past, you could just boot up Ubuntu and use air crack from there assuming there are Linux drivers for your adapter. Remember, using air crack to crack pass codes is against the law in many places. *unless perhaps you are trying to crack your own to try to increase your security defences on your network.
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Nexus 7
Me: Is there a beta?
Jonathan Cran (Support <[email protected]>)
We are currently working to have the image available soon. You'll want to have a nexus 7 32GB / 4G in order to load the image .
So I have an Nexus 7 32GB but sadly not the 4G how hard do you guys think it is to remove the 4G part of the rom?
or do I have shell out $300 for the stock Nexus 7 4G still cheaper then buying it together from the Pwnie Express.
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Me: Is there a beta?
Jonathan Cran (Support <[email protected]>)
We are currently working to have the image available soon. You'll want to have a nexus 7 32GB / 4G in order to load the image .
So I have an Nexus 7 32GB but sadly not the 4G how hard do you guys think it is to remove the 4G part of the rom?
or do I have shell out $300 for the stock Nexus 7 4G still cheaper then buying it together from the Pwnie Express.
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They said 4g? Weird there is no 4g nexus 7.... Only 3g
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Looking at the screenshots, it is just using a Ubuntu chroot to accomplish everything, so you should theoretically just be able to do a Backtrack chroot and hook up a WiFi adapter the same way. I'll try it out when I get home
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FitAmp said:
They said 4g? Weird there is no 4g nexus 7.... Only 3g
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Ya very true they must have made a typo
Jonathan Cran replied:
sorry, you're totally right, the GSM / 3G / HSPA+ model. Not planning to support the non-3G version at this point, but it should work without modification.
Guys, so, straight to the point, has anyone been able to airodump in nexus7 using ubuntu?
Thanks
Phk said:
Guys, so, straight to the point, has anyone been able to airodump in nexus7 using ubuntu?
Thanks
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I've been trying to get the chroot to detect wlan1 before bothering with airodump, aircrack, reaver, etc. Probably just missing something stupid
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kali
Flippy125 said:
Looking at the screenshots, it is just using a Ubuntu chroot to accomplish everything, so you should theoretically just be able to do a Backtrack chroot and hook up a WiFi adapter the same way. I'll try it out when I get home
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It would be cool after they release the code if kali linux could be mixed with android or dual booting would be awesome.
I am trying to get kali arm (backtrack 6) to install with multirom but no luck so far.
I am pumped about getting these tools
Phk said:
Guys, so, straight to the point, has anyone been able to airodump in nexus7 using ubuntu?
Thanks
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Basically unless someone can get the atheros drivers working on the nexus 7 all this discussion is useless. Pawnpad has already done that.
Everything else is simple as you can use deploy linux to run kali or your own distribution for all the tools.
The broadcom drivers could be ported (they already work well on the samsung S2)
However much better to have the atheros usb adapter as the range is much greater.
Thaijames said:
Basically unless someone can get the atheros drivers working on the nexus 7 all this discussion is useless. Pawnpad has already done that.
Everything else is simple as you can use deploy linux to run kali or your own distribution for all the tools.
The broadcom drivers could be ported (they already work well on the samsung S2)
However much better to have the atheros usb adapter as the range is much greater.
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Ok, i wouldn't mind buying an atheros usb adapter for N7.
But i need to be sure that i can get or compile the drivers for it.
Has anyone managed to get the drivers from PwnPad release and knows the correct NIC to buy?
Thanks
gamephreaker said:
It would be cool after they release the code if kali linux could be mixed with android or dual booting would be awesome.
I am trying to get kali arm (backtrack 6) to install with multirom but no luck so far.
I am pumped about getting these tools
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no need for multirom. simply install linux deploy from google play and inside the program choose kali linux as the distribution that you want to use.
Linux will run on top of android and use the Nexus 7 connectivity. However you can't inject or monitor, however you can presently do almost everything else like use metasploit, arpspoofing, etc...
Phk said:
Has anyone managed to get the drivers from PwnPad release and knows the correct NIC to buy?
Thanks
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They haven't released the image yet. Keep checking their website under "Community Releases"
Thaijames said:
no need for multirom. simply install linux deploy from google play and inside the program choose kali linux as the distribution that you want to use.
Linux will run on top of android and use the Nexus 7 connectivity. However you can't inject or monitor, however you can presently do almost everything else like use metasploit, arpspoofing, etc...
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Couldn't you just plug in an Alfa and use that instead of the built-in wifi?
The Android sticks have USB WiFi and USB-LAN support out of the box. Funny they throw in a few $5 accessories and repackaged it as $800. Wow.
When I test work, I like to test with a mobile devices since they run on batteries and typically a "worst case scenario". If you can connect with a less powerful device then everything else should be good to go.
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Ok guys, so can anyone send a link to ebay or amazon to a wifi dongle that works with injection in ubuntu\bt?
Even better, how can I know which ones have drivers for arm ?
Sorry to say not looking at stacking os I want to get it native booting
Thaijames said:
no need for multirom. simply install linux deploy from google play and inside the program choose kali linux as the distribution that you want to use.
Linux will run on top of android and use the Nexus 7 connectivity. However you can't inject or monitor, however you can presently do almost everything else like use metasploit, arpspoofing, etc...
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On the Indiegogo page for the Ubuntu Edge, you can see a video of a proof of concept for the Ubuntu Desktop.
She used an app on a stock Nexus 4 (if I remember correctly, she says AOSP) and just launch it like that on Android and sent it to the screen.
Am I the only one who find this more amazing than running Ubuntu Touch on a Android phone ?
If you take a look at the size of the ARM Ubuntu version, you have a 500 MB file and I was wondering how Android can just load like that Ubuntu and run it along Android ?
Cheers.
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I was wondering how Android can just load like that Ubuntu and run it along Android ?
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As you point out, the video demonstrates a fully functional version of Ubuntu for Android. In the IRC channel, Ubuntu VP of engineering stated that U4A requires the Android OS to be modified slightly. I'm hopeful this process is unveiled soon and U4A becomes publicly available. It likely won't be very smooth on current commercially available hardware, and there's not really enough storage on an N4 to make it very practical, but it would still be nice to get a glimpse of computing convergence.
Thank you for your answer, is there any way to have access to this discussion ?
It seems pretty smooth on the video, which is surprising when you know the current hardware limitation on Android ...
For the storage, the cloud allows you to only download the file you need so it might not really be a problem.
I'm currently thinking about building a NAS to use it as a storage and download platform, it might be a custom solution for this problem.
Another option is my linuxonandroid project, see it as ubuntu for android but with just a one man team doing it in the spare time
Big plus side is we support a range of distros and are not limiting to Ubuntu
EDIT
Also note that the nexus 4 is a device I use and our up and coming LoA ROM will be on the Nexus 4 before you know it
The ROMs aim is to basicly do everything Ubuntu for Android can do and more!
Is this the app your talking about? I wanna try it but dont wanna install some bogus app lol
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.****ubuntu&hl=en
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Another option is my linuxonandroid project, see it as ubuntu for android but with just a one man team doing it in the spare time
Big plus side is we support a range of distros and are not limiting to Ubuntu
EDIT
Also note that the nexus 4 is a device I use and our up and coming LoA ROM will be on the Nexus 4 before you know it
The ROMs aim is to basicly do everything Ubuntu for Android can do and more!
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Do you think they are using VM to run their Ubuntu ?
It must require a lot of RAM no ?
Something nice in their video is the share of data between the two OS (mail, contact, music, etc). Is it possible to do that when you do a VM ?
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Is this the app your talking about? I wanna try it but dont wanna install some bogus app lol
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Your link is not valid and I didn't find anything on the Play Store with the name Ubuntu.
illgodson said:
Is this the app your talking about? I wanna try it but dont wanna install some bogus app lol
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.****ubuntu&hl=en
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This is my app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid
Korgall said:
Do you think they are using VM to run their Ubuntu ?
It must require a lot of RAM no ?
Something nice in their video is the share of data between the two OS (mail, contact, music, etc). Is it possible to do that when you do a VM ?
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Just like my project they do not use a VM, they use native Chroot, which allows Linux to run on the Android kernel from within Android.
SO you get normal access to hardware and kernel features and no performance hit.
Then for the sharing its a mixture of both OS's having access to the same storage so music and files are viewable from both.
For app data shared acrossed it simply requires so work to pass this across from one side to another, something that could be done pretty easy and I have started working on myself
Nice thank you gonna give it a try tonight.
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the play store description says it has instructins on how to install ubuntu 12.04...can I assume I can also install 13.10?
This is Relevant To My Interests
Im interested. Hope this gets updated soon
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zacthespack said:
This is my app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid
Just like my project they do not use a VM, they use native Chroot, which allows Linux to run on the Android kernel from within Android.
SO you get normal access to hardware and kernel features and no performance hit.
Then for the sharing its a mixture of both OS's having access to the same storage so music and files are viewable from both.
For app data shared acrossed it simply requires so work to pass this across from one side to another, something that could be done pretty easy and I have started working on myself
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You're a genius :good:
hp420 said:
the play store description says it has instructins on how to install ubuntu 12.04...can I assume I can also install 13.10?
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Currently its just 12.04 on Ubuntus side as we aimed to make alot of changes for our 13 release, but its coming
So the app gives directions on how to VNC into the linux system, but I want to connect my nexus 4 to a bluetooth mouse and keyboard and a monitor using the SlimPort adapter as seen in the Ubuntu Edge U4A video. Do you have or know of any directions on how this can be accomplished with Complete Linux Installer?
Thanks,
Blake
BCVisin said:
So the app gives directions on how to VNC into the linux system, but I want to connect my nexus 4 to a bluetooth mouse and keyboard and a monitor using the SlimPort adapter as seen in the Ubuntu Edge U4A video. Do you have or know of any directions on how this can be accomplished with Complete Linux Installer?
Thanks,
Blake
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For the short term you will have to watch this space, but its actually what I am working on as we speak!
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For the short term you will have to watch this space, but its actually what I am working on as we speak!
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Okay, cool. I am extremely interested in this and I am a developer as well, so if there is anything you need tested or anything I can help you work on, please let me know.
I have a rooted Nexus 4 with sock jelly bean on it. I have played with installing Ubuntu Phone on it a few months back, but went back to android as I felt extremely limited in Ubuntu Phone.
I have the SlimPort® SP1002 from Amazon coming today. As I said before I would love to run it without the lag of VNC. Convergence is my main goal and I am so excited about Edge, but I want the Ubuntu for Android app for my Nexus 4 that I saw Leann talk about being already ready toady. Any idea of where/when we can get it?
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For the short term you will have to watch this space, but its actually what I am working on as we speak!
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Will you implement native chroot at some point too?
So now that the Ubuntu Edge campaign has failed, if/when do you think they will release Ubuntu for Android? I am going to get the new Nexus (Nexus 5?) and hopefully they will have it released for that phone.
Someone on Freenode suggested MikroTik last time I asked I want to use it for DNS/EMail and such/Dovecot/Postfix. RPi has CPU bugs hence the Q.
[while you are at it, any recommendations for a decent/secure/command-line-reversible firmware modem/DSL perhaps or something for the new RelianceJio towers that are sprouting all over.
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veekm said:
Someone on Freenode suggested MikroTik last time I asked I want to use it for DNS/EMail and such/Dovecot/Postfix. RPi has CPU bugs hence the Q.
[while you are at it, any recommendations for a decent/secure/command-line-reversible firmware modem/DSL perhaps or something for the new RelianceJio towers that are sprouting all over.
New user - my 1st Q - I kind of post in Reddit's r/indianripoff
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veekm said:
Someone on Freenode suggested MikroTik last time I asked I want to use it for DNS/EMail and such/Dovecot/Postfix. RPi has CPU bugs hence the Q.
[while you are at it, any recommendations for a decent/secure/command-line-reversible firmware modem/DSL perhaps or something for the new RelianceJio towers that are sprouting all over.
New user - my 1st Q - I kind of post in Reddit's r/indianripoff
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Yes there's the raspberry pi and many different kinds that will run linux with the 32bit and even 64 bit. Using 1-4 gigs of RAM to power the graphics on linux. Linux isn't tolling like windows is and the raspberry pi is perfect. Watch Network Chuck on youtube. Perfect place to start.
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Yes there's the raspberry pi and many different kinds that will run linux with the 32bit and even 64 bit. Using 1-4 gigs of RAM to power the graphics on linux. Linux isn't tolling like windows is and the raspberry pi is perfect. Watch Network Chuck on youtube. Perfect place to start.
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