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[Q] Somebody fluent in Linux, Want to help me out?

Just need some questions answered/ suggestions.
I have ubuntu 10.04 on my HP Pavillion DV6z, and it works.. but is very crippled. It took me to hell and back to get my screen to work.. even though it won't detect my monitor but displays and I get random graphical glitches. My internet won't work through a cable anymore... and is supper slow and unreliable. I had to frakenstien my wifi drivers to make wifi even partially work. I have the windows wireless drivers for linux installed, as well as some other official drivers for my RTL8189ce wifi card that I installed via terminal. My wifi drops and reconnects quite often even though my router is RIGHT next to me. My battery lasts at the most 3 and a half hours... its a high capacity 6-cell li-ion battery. It lasts 7 hours or so on Windows and windows is a battery hog... and uses 30% of my 6gb's of RAM... Ubuntu uses 7%.
Okay now to the suggestions/questions... will newer builds help? I tried 11.10 and it wouldn't get my screen to turn on but found out about using "nomodeset" at the bootscreen and it should work... then permanetly adding that to the boot kernel. Not certain but may work. Is there a flavor of linux that is very similar to windows... or to better put universally compatible with more windows pc's? I was going to try deving and learning code but don't even think its worth it with such a crippled laptop ='[. PLEASE help me... I'm tired of being stuck with windows... love me some linux.
Not to offend/discourage anyone from helping but googling and pasting me some links isn't going to cut it trust me I've spent days on trying to fix this... and it is what it is now because of that.
So I need some real pros or someone who's been through this type of ordeal... even tho I hear most don't even get such issues.
Specs:
AMD A8 3550-mx with Radeon HD 6220g [discrete class graphics]
6gbs of RAM
Windows 7 64 and ubuntu 10.04 64bit
560gb HDD 5400rpm.
It gets the job done...
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Try LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition). It fixed aprosamurai's issues. After you install it and boot up, open terminal and run this
Sudo apt-get update
Sudo apt-get upgrade
And then reboot
Ubuntu is super picky about drivers and mint debian edition 'just works'. In my opinion, Ubuntu is on a downfall as an OS for developers and has become an OS geared toward kids who want a super simple UI for just using the internet. It doesn't even natively support a full root user and the UI is incredibly hard to multitask on.
Aprosamurai had a similar graphics card (ATI built in). I have an ATI dedicated.
You shouldn't have to run any other mods after installing LMDE and doing what I said.
Ubuntu is touchwiz, LMDE is AOSP

I wouldn't call myself fluent in Linux but I am familiar and do use it on occassion (my laptop is triple booted). Have you tried the Ubuntu forums? I have had some luck with them but in general I don't think their forums users are very helpful and often ass holes. I would also try linuxquestions.org if you insist on using Ubuntu. I find them much friendlier. I also echo the above. I haven't used mint yet but only read good things about it. As soon as I am done with these last few weeks of school I am going to be replacement Ubuntu with mint.

Awesome =]. So I can just burn an iso and install it over my current partition right? I can't put it on another parititon I have to many apparently... windows, recovery, and ubuntu. Even had to delete my "hptools" partition which was used for "bios upgrading" but just recently got an update from HP and my bios updated just as it should.... hp fail.
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I would reformat the partition but when you boot up into the live cd I am sure it will give you the option to do so. Running the live cd first to make sure everything is working properly is always a good idea. If it isn't then you would want to hit up their forums and see if what is not working in your case is just a missing driver from the live cd and it would start working when you install it and update the OS or if there is something else going on.

Big Goron said:
Awesome =]. So I can just burn an iso and install it over my current partition right? I can't put it on another parititon I have to many apparently... windows, recovery, and ubuntu. Even had to delete my "hptools" partition which was used for "bios upgrading" but just recently got an update from HP and my bios updated just as it should.... hp fail.
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I would delete the Ubuntu partition and make a new one for LMDE to get a fresh start.
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marcusant said:
I would delete the Ubuntu partition and make a new one for LMDE to get a fresh start.
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=] alright thanks ... stupid xda and their 8 limited thanks..

So I'm installing mint and its asking for me to review the bootloader "install grub bootloader" is select for /dev/sda... is that where it goes? My partition is on sda4.
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Big Goron said:
So I'm installing mint and its asking for me to review the bootloader "install grub bootloader" is select for /dev/sda... is that where it goes? My partition is on sda4.
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Just do what it recommends. Grub is the part where it asks windows or Linux so it should be on /dev/sda
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Gotcha installing now =]
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Thank you SOOO much everything works perfect graphics and the wireless.
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Big Goron said:
Thank you SOOO much everything works perfect graphics and the wireless.
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No problem.
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Last question... upon sudo apt-get update its taking forever on 99%.. saying connecting to debian.linuxmint.com ?
Nevermind... its fine upgrading now..
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Big Goron said:
Last question... upon sudo apt-get update its taking forever on 99%.. saying connecting to debian.linuxmint.com ?
Nevermind... its fine upgrading now..
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It is 156.34% better than ubuntu
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marcusant said:
It is 156.34% better than ubuntu
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Yep.. its working flawlessly the sound doesnt crackle like it did on ubuntu.... . Im very tempted to remove my windows partition altogether .. but i wont. one issue though everytime i go to the update manager and try to let it update to 1.5 it keeps sticking.. ? wont do anything and i have to force quit it. is it normal that it freezes and is it just me jumping the gun?

Big Goron said:
Yep.. its working flawlessly the sound doesnt crackle like it did on ubuntu.... . Im very tempted to remove my windows partition altogether .. but i wont. one issue though everytime i go to the update manager and try to let it update to 1.5 it keeps sticking.. ? wont do anything and i have to force quit it. is it normal that it freezes and is it just me jumping the gun?
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I don't use the manager. Apt-get upgrade should update everything you need. I have not yet updated to 1.5
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marcusant said:
I don't use the manager. Apt-get upgrade should update everything you need. I have not yet updated to 1.5
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hmm alright becuase i did that and i said that not everything could be downloaded and that it either is old or really couldnt connect to it.

Thanks for this thread guys; my ubuntu vm will go be bye tomorrow morning after reading this.
I just got CM9 repo setup too ... lol. Its good practice thought!!

jdelano said:
Thanks for this thread guys; my ubuntu vm will go be bye tomorrow morning after reading this.
I just got CM9 repo setup too ... lol. Its good practice thought!!
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Right??? its working flawlessly and the battery is outstanding i start this project this morning at 9 and im still at 30% loving it.
Oh you might want to note that i didnt delete my current ubuntu partition i just installed it right over it.. i pretty sure gparted formats the disk prior anyways.. but whatever. If you need any help ask me/ here and im sure marcusant will have an answer .

Lol nice, second suggestion about lmde in one day.
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[R&D] UbnHD2 Pentesting distro for mobiles...

http://thehackernews.com/2012/12/ubnhd2-ubuntu-based-pentesting-os-for.html
Does anyone want to start the port for this? It is a security distro of ubuntu natively running on the HD2. I just happen to come across this and thought it would be a great project for our device, and possible a dual-boot option for android/ubuntu. Just an idea. What do you guys think?
Here is the link to the xda project
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975081
and from the looks of it, it seems as if it is running on an iphone as well.......

This sounds pretty cool, but shouldn't this thread be in general?

LoopDoGG79 said:
This sounds pretty cool, but shouldn't this thread be in general?
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depends on how you look at it...where as it is not a kernel or a rom, it is a discussion initiated in order to develop the above mentioned project for our phone, more of a precursor to what is to come. In that sense, it should be posted in the T989 development section.
ADD - it also qualifies for a [R&D] thread according to the forum section rules....just sayin'

Is no one willing to take a stab at this? I will if there are people interested? Keep in mind from what I read, this will eventually allow you to use your phone as it was intended (ie. phone calls, ims, sms, mms, gps, etc), its not just linux.
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binarybishop said:
I will if there are people interested?
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Dude i dont want to disappoint you but without recompiling the android kernel of the S2 with gcc it won't boot natively.
If the kernel is recompiled it will be not easy to manage the kernel objects & firmware with the the ubuntu system. Its only
working on the HTC HD2 because HTC had a different policy and many people from all over the world worked or are still
working on it
The easiest way to get it running on your samsungs is the chkroot method but you will need to modify some files..
binarybishop said:
its not just linux.
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It is, with modified kernel & drivers
The next Device ubnhd2 will run natively on is the HTC Desire HD...

I ran Ubuntu for a while on my S2.. and it was neet... but it's not better than just running android. plus those Desk top os are not touch friendly. .
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PJcastaldo said:
I ran Ubuntu for a while on my S2.. and it was neet... but it's not better than just running android. plus those Desk top os are not touch friendly. .
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but chroot method and not native or ?

binarybishop said:
Is no one willing to take a stab at this? I will if there are people interested? Keep in mind from what I read, this will eventually allow you to use your phone as it was intended (ie. phone calls, ims, sms, mms, gps, etc), its not just linux.
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That would be awesome if you could make it happen! Gnome 3 would probably work much better for a smartphone but that's a long shot I'm sure. Thanks again! :good:

Using a full Linux system on mobile phone is a good idea. But what is the point when android system is so good and mainly developed for phones. I don't discourage but these idea are not very useful for common uses. Unless Ubuntu Linux would give better UI and usability.
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bankanidhi said:
Using a full Linux system on mobile phone is a good idea. But what is the point when android system is so good and mainly developed for phones. I don't discourage but these idea are not very useful for common uses. Unless Ubuntu Linux would give better UI and usability.
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Dude you are right but with the dual boot option (existing on HTC HD2 & DHD) you can everytime switch when you u need the linux os (for example on work university or school) and the most nifty (in my eyes) option is that the Magldr can be configured to only boot up ubuntu when you press a key on the beginning of the boot process so something like a hidden OS on your phone You just start it out when you need it ^^And if ever a law enforcement guy gets it in his hand he wouldnt even know how to come in this os he would just simply see a android booting up

zo1d said:
Magldr can be configured to only boot up ubuntu when you press a key on the beginning of the boot process so something like a hidden OS on your phone You just start it out when you need it
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EPIC.
bankanidhi said:
Using a full Linux system on mobile phone is a good idea. But what is the point when android system is so good and mainly developed for phones. I don't discourage but these idea are not very useful for common uses. Unless Ubuntu Linux would give better UI and usability.
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It's for mobile pentesting. Not meant to replace your linux desktop/laptop or your phone.

It would be cool to multiboot roms/Linux
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Now THIS looks promising! http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone
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binarybishop said:
depends on how you look at it...where as it is not a kernel or a rom, it is a discussion initiated in order to develop the above mentioned project for our phone, more of a precursor to what is to come. In that sense, it should be posted in the T989 development section.
ADD - it also qualifies for a [R&D] thread according to the forum section rules....just sayin'
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Its a general discussion about developing! Lol

Here's another you tube video of Linux running on smart phone. Can't wait to see it on the sg2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtcj7FdIYA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Ubuntu phone os

Just saw videos of Ubuntu phone os for nexus phones and I'm hoping someone here can develop a rom for our sprint sgs 2....

I think it will in due time once the images for it are released soon. I'm thankful to be on the galaxy nexus.

That cool u have nexus and that shyt is lookin official...
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Man this looks pretty cool. I dual boot all my pcs with ubuntu. Its an amazing os. It looks like ill be borrowing my wifes nexus. Very exciting! !
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Bigby2727 said:
Just saw videos of Ubuntu phone os for nexus phones and I'm hoping someone here can develop a rom for our sprint sgs 2....
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You guys see this at all...
It would be an App for any phone I think. Sounds like it would be kinda cool- maybe.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162...g-system-turns-android-phones-into-computers/

these devices nowadays are worth more than netbooks and laptops on sale, might as well turn some of those files in there into a full operating system PC when cradled, they should design a processor that could do this with out any kind of lag or restrictions. Just buy a Monitor with USb ports ect and a built in burner player boom done.
look here at this video looks smooth sailing to me. anyone tried it yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyeFcldavTk

Both of Canonical's new Ubuntu offerings look awesome. I wonder when Ubuntu for Android will be available - it looks like it would install as an app or add-on to the Android base OS somehow (maybe have to be cooked into a ROM?) whereas the Ubuntu Phone would be its own OS entirely. I'd like to try the Ubuntu Phone, but I have a feeling I couldn't fully part from Android and Ubuntu for Android would be ideal. Does the SGS2 E4GT have the necessary hardware (HDMI, USB host, simultaneous BT devices, etc.) support?

miketucky350 said:
Man this looks pretty cool. I dual boot all my pcs with ubuntu. Its an amazing os. It looks like ill be borrowing my wifes nexus. Very exciting! !
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Same here. It brought a huge smile to my face when I first heard about this. Very excited.
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Would be cool to have a build that can work on our phones.
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This makes the seeming lack of USB host capabilities that much more annoying.

Can't wait!
Yeah, count me as another person waiting on the edge of their seat for this. For me, this is a glimpse of the future. I'm hoping that within the next ten years, most people's primary computer will be their phone. The form factor may just be a simple matter of plug-and-go. If you want a laptop? Just dock the phone with a laptop body which has a hinged keyboard/display and additional battery. Want a desktop? Just dock it with a desktop body which has A/C power, secondary (high powered) graphics card, and other expansion ports. Need to be portable? Just undock and go. All your files, apps, etc... will be right there with you. Dreaming? Maybe. Ubuntu on Android (not the same as Ubuntu OS as the phone's primary OS) is essentially a rough form of this concept. I just hope Apple doesn't beat Linux to the punch. (Is there an Android fanboy smilie? If so, insert it here)

Bigby2727 said:
Just saw videos of Ubuntu phone os for nexus phones and I'm hoping someone here can develop a rom for our sprint sgs 2....
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I don't think we will get a port on the e4gt. All of our legendary developers have adopted new phones. We have a few developers carrying on already created ROMs. But I believe this is the beginning of the end for major development for the e4gt.

Try this and let us know if it worked forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24515123
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patrao_n said:
Try this and let us know if it worked forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24515123
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I prefer the Ubuntu OS.
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Ok then dont use it.
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patrao_n said:
Ok then dont use it.
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Don't worry, I won't! :beer:
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Ubuntu is relying on the community to port it across Android.

Once they release the source we'll see it running on the E4GT
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Mattix724 said:
Once they release the source we'll see it running on the E4GT
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That would be next month they said it's gonna be flashable zip file when they release it.

Ubuntu for Android Custom ROM for Galaxy Nexus

*****Moderators: please move this over to a different Galaxy Nexus ROM dev area should it apply, but please leave a link to it under this Sub-forum.
I have created what is probably the first custom Android ROM that includes the files for Ubuntu internally, alongside the existing Android architecture. While this is not really a polished release, it has the ability to crash the phone, and requires some tweaking by devs and downloaders. However, for Galaxy Nexus owners (toro for now, soon to be other GNex devices also) this ROM (Rev 2) should boot up after removing one internal zip file. Go ahead to https://sites.google...site/andrevroot for the link about the project, and/or the bottom of this post for
Some things to note:
Comment back what you think about this project, and ROM.
Please keep all comments polite and on topic.
Donate, via bitcoin if you like, as it helps support us, and help create better, more advanced ROMs.
Please look through the whole site
Don't try this ROM if you are new to custom ROMs, try Cyanogenmod ROMs first so you know what you are doing.
I take no responsibility for screwing up your device in any way.
This version is heavily based upon CM10, to the point where it should even say the General CM10 stuff under Settings>About Device. Please do not beat me up over this, it is just because I wanted to get a simple pre-release out there.
This is licensed, please read the License agreement at the footer of my site, you are bound to its terms. Its Creative Commons, but still used.
Thank You for your time, have a nice day.
Above all, do not try to update the CM firmware, as you will lose the ubuntu files contained within!!!!!!
-Andrevroot
***Links to follow***

I think the link is broke.
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Me think so 2
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Link is broken...
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i hope this works tho

Alpha_wolf said:
i hope this works tho
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You got that right. The idea of running Ubuntu on my phone is pretty exciting.
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elidog1 said:
You got that right. The idea of running Ubuntu on my phone is pretty exciting.
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ya i know me to lol i got excited and than found out the release thy put out was a preveiw i was a very mad portagee

**** tease
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Holy cow, dude this was awesome. I mean... me and this thing clicked instantly. As soon as it booted within 5-10 seconds I got through the lockscreen and then just started dozing through all the apps and swiping. It is a bit slow, not in particular though, probably as slow as Miui. This is just a dev preview, imagine the real thing and I didn't lose to much battery life within the span of 20 minutes. I wanted to keep this on my phone just to test but I couldn't. I'm just waiting for the real thing :victory:

Where's the link??
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Trollolol

Esteway.619 said:
Where's the link??
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Here's the link to his site which has download links to his Revisions 1 and 2. I've downloaded both and haven't had any luck getting them to flash and his website isn't very clear with instructions on how you're supposed to do so.
EDIT: It seems that he updated the link as I was typing my post. The link to revision 2 is no longer there, and the first revision is hosted on a different site. I'm going to download it and flash it and see if I have any luck.
EDIT2: No dice Jim Rice

withbloodskies said:
Holy cow, dude this was awesome. I mean... me and this thing clicked instantly. As soon as it booted within 5-10 seconds I got through the lockscreen and then just started dozing through all the apps and swiping. It is a bit slow, not in particular though, probably as slow as Miui. This is just a dev preview, imagine the real thing and I didn't lose to much battery life within the span of 20 minutes. I wanted to keep this on my phone just to test but I couldn't. I'm just waiting for the real thing :victory:
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So you tried out the ROM, how well did it work for you? Did you like it, what do you want to see changed? I am trying right now to put together a hacked SlimBean version, which is much faster and better to use. Did the Ubuntu side work?
-Andrevroot

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Here's the link to his site which has download links to his Revisions 1 and 2. I've downloaded both and haven't had any luck getting them to flash and his website isn't very clear with instructions on how you're supposed to do so.
EDIT: It seems that he updated the link as I was typing my post. The link to revision 2 is no longer there, and the first revision is hosted on a different site. I'm going to download it and flash it and see if I have any luck.
EDIT2: No dice Jim Rice
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I'll post a SlimBean version soon, which is better and faster. Should work.
-Andrevroot

Does anyone have a working link?
Edit: found it

Can u post a what's working and not working in the op so no one will ask latter. Thanks.
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[KERNEL][EXPERIMENTAL] 3.4, 3.8, 3.9 Kernel Repos

When I heard about this I figured I'd do this for at least research purposes.
I've created a 3.4, 3.8 and 3.9-rc2 repo on Github based on Google's repos:
https://github.com/garwynn/L900_3.4_Experiment
https://github.com/garwynn/L900_3.8_Experiment
https://github.com/garwynn/L900_3.9_Experiment
These are for 2 reasons - research and possible use on the GN2.
Now I know looking at even the 3.4 would be an undertaking so I just want to initially research.
Then we'll start looking at feasibility of getting this on our GN2.
Anyone interested in working to get one of these working on our phones, let me know.
Happy to take any interest in this!

Wow! This is very exciting that this is even being looked at. I can't wait to see what you fund out with this. It would be very cool to be caught up with the latest Linux kernel.
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tatoniss said:
Wow! This is very exciting that this is even being looked at. I can't wait to see what you fund out with this. It would be very cool to be caught up with the latest Linux kernel.
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Hopefully as Linux progresses that won't be as hard as it has been in the past.
The more that Android and Linux become streamlined the line will hopefully blur and make it that easier to keep up to date.
FWIW some (obviously not all) changes though are in the incremental patches.
So by keeping the community kernel current you should see some of the effects.

Yeah that would be very cool. I can still remember when I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on an old computer for the first time. Now I run fedora 18 as my main OS. Its amazing to see how much Linux has evolved.
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Rumour has it that Android 5 is a 3.8.y kernel.
If that proves to be true, I will definitely be working to upgrade the initial Samsung release with some 3.9 features. (3.9 has a lot of neat upgrades- f2fs and ARM got some work, and it looks like sound got tinkered with a lot too.)

Hip-Hop is dead!!!
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