Free Ubuntu Installer Android Market App allows you to install and use Ubuntu on your Android mobile device
The application supports quite-a-lot mobile devices and the list can be found from the supported devices link posted at the end of this post, other requirements are :
Android must be rooted.
1GHZ processor (recommended)
Android 2.1 or higher
Kernel will loop device support (this is included in most custom ROM's)
SD card with at least 3.5GB of free space for large image (2.5GB for small image)
Data connection on your device
Ext2 file system support
Key features include:
Two types of Ubuntu image 'large' and 'lightweight' Both have:
Ability to install a full operating system on your phone
LXDE Desktop (very lightweight)
Working update manager
Working software centre
Ability to access files on your SD card and internal memory from Ubuntu
Ability to set screen size on boot (you no longer have to download a certain image for different screen sizes!)
Large image includes:
1.5GB download, which is 3.5GB once extracted
Ability to boot into either Gnome or LXDE desktops
Lots of apps perfect for 'developing' including:
Firefox, Thunderbird, openoffice.org suite, GIMP Image Editor, Emacs Text Editor (geared towards programming), C and C++ build-essential, Java JDK, Python, TeXlive and TeXmaker LaTeX editor, Transmission BitTorrent Client, eVince PDF Viewer, File Manager, Terminal, Image Viewer, Leafpad Text Editor, Synaptic Package Manager and Ubuntu Software Center with all repositories enabled (Ubuntu Software Center is pretty and well organized - but bloated and slow), SSH server, Gnash
Lightweight image includes:
500MB download, which is 2.5GB once extracted
Includes only apps required for everything to work, leaving lots of space for your own programs but having a smaller image
Ubuntu Installer For Android Video Demostration
Read more: http://www.megaleecher.net/Download_Linux_For_Android_Phones#ixzz1mSiCRjNM
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All Comments (22)
Jump to unread Post a Commentwould appear so from the link
http://linuxonandroid.blogspot.in/p/working-devices.html
Anyway, having said that, I am a sucker for these things, heat added :)
I mean is there anything that's available on Ubuntu that's not already available on Android?
Sure you can run Ubuntu ontop of Android, but the performance sucks badly
However, can you still use your phone and is it better than Android???
Correct me if i'm wrong, isn't Android a Linux based operating system anyway?? :P
Correct me if i'm wrong, isn't Android a Linux based operating system anyway?? :P
Linux based yes, but not the same thing.. Is it for you? Dunno, give it a try & see.
Same here, but I guess it's good for those who want Ubuntu on their device(s).
Correct me if i'm wrong, isn't Android a Linux based operating system anyway?? :P
Yes
Give me a dime so I can phone my mother”
Wait, I don’t need that chocolate covered confectionary after all — I’ve just remembered I’ve got my ubuntu phone just here, hang on a sec…
tag="/dev/cellphone"
modemport=`/bin/grep MODEMPORT $1`
modemport=${modemport#*=}
# if this connection needs the cell phone pseudo-device
if [ "x$modemport" == "x$tag" ]
then
# if the cell phone is connected
if usb_data=($(/sbin/lsusb | grep "Motorola PCS"))
then
# convert bus,dev to ttyUSB device ID
bus=${usb_data[1]#0}
bus=${bus#0}
dev=${usb_data[3]#0}
dev=${dev#0}
dev=${dev%:}
# get the current USB port from its name in the /sys path
usb_port=$(ls /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev${bus}.${dev}/device/*:1.0 | grep ttyUSB)
# create cellphone symlink
ln -nsf /dev/$usb_port $tag
fi
fi
This wont replace your android install
You basically have a folder on your memory card with your linux distro on it
You can then "run" ubuntu
However you need to VNC (an app streams the desktop like a video I guess - but from the same device)
Worth noting, you could do this with debian etc - and this app is largely a guide about how to do these things.
Hope that makes this clearer for anyone who was a bit unsure.
If you do, make sure you buy quality. Beware of Archos.
Correct me if i'm wrong, isn't Android a Linux based operating system anyway?? :P
TVs and Bluray players run linux, it doesn't mean they have the same functionality as running a full linux distro. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29#Linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel
Edited By: arduino on Feb 16, 2012 11:42
But voted hot!
Edited By: Mozart321 on Feb 16, 2012 19:31
Do your research google will tell you everything you need to know ive always rooted my Android devices my SGS2 is rooted with checkrom installed and my acer iconia is also rooted.
But voted hot!
Link seems down, though it's available on the marketplace. Searching shows the author has a page to: http://zpwebsites.com/android-app/ubuntu-install-guide/