I am planning to buy a Note 8.0 and was thinking that the device, although not as big as the Note 10.1, but still equipped with an S Pen must be an "ideal"() device for running a chrooted Ubuntu.
Unfortunately, I have not read of anyone trying it out, and the device is not listed as supported on the LinuxOnAndroid web site.
However, as most of the components seem to be similar to those of the Note II or the Note 10.1, I was thinking that it must work on the Note 8.0 also.
Has any of you tried chrooting Ubuntu or an other Linux distribution on their Note 8.0 already? Curious to hear your impressions.:fingers-crossed:
I'am willing to do the same.. as I could see Linux port working with similar device as the Note 8.0.
I was thinking more about using a real linux installation (not through chroot) as it has been done on the Galaxy Note 10.1.
Even if both shares same hardware (Exynos 4412), I don't know if we can use same procedure as described in OpenSGN project.( not allowed to post link)
If I'm sure NOT* harming the device, I would like to give it a try
Working great!
Okay, I bought the Note 8 a few days ago, rooted and installed a chrooted Ubuntu using Complete Linux Installer (LinuxOnAndroid) already on day one. It's working great.
I have chosen the full Ubuntu 12.04 package, which already contains the Unity launcher, Libre Office and Gimp, to name only a few. I was curious to find out whether the Ubuntu Software Center was working and I could install additional apps, and indeed, everything worked as you would expect on a Desktop device. I installed Inkscape and now have a full-fledged office AND graphics editing suite on a mobile device, which is incredible. The only kind of bug that appeared was the constant appearance of an error message saying something about a system error, but I just clicked it away without any noticable consequences.
Without the S-Pen, the 8 inch screen would be a bit too small for all these little buttons, but with the S-Pen you can easily hit buttons and interact with the user interface nearly as easily as on a Desktop PC. Also, as the Note 8 has an USB OTG port that supports USB hubs, you could use the device as a full "Desktop PC" with mouse, keyboard and flash drives.
Moreover, Ubuntu does not even drain that much battery. I would have expected the device to get hot a little, but not even that happened.
I should note that everything was a bit slow due to the need to display the Ubuntu screen via a VNC viewer, but all in all it's really amazing what's possible on a mobile device.
Here are a few Screenshots:
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Even Eclipse worked, but unfortunately, the Android Development Tools are not available for ARM.
The next step would be to natively run a full Linux distribution, but for my needs, the chrooted Ubuntu is enough.
Thanks for your impressions, screenshots look great.
I'm not sure I understand how chrooted works exactly. You said
"everything was a bit slow due to the need to display the Ubuntu screen via a VNC viewer".
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Is it that we run ubuntu inside a sort of container in parrallel with android, and you need to VNC to it from android desktop to be able to display it?
If it is correct this should be slow indeed...
I would largely prefer native, or at least a port of ubuntu touch wich reuse android drivers but running on its own...
Here we have android system using power, + VNC slowing, not so good
But I may give a try, just to see it running..
mutonic said:
Thanks for your impressions, screenshots look great.
I'm not sure I understand how chrooted works exactly. You said
Is it that we run ubuntu inside a sort of container in parrallel with android, and you need to VNC to it from android desktop to be able to display it?
If it is correct this should be slow indeed...
I would largely prefer native, or at least a port of ubuntu touch wich reuse android drivers but running on its own...
Here we have android system using power, + VNC slowing, not so good
But I may give a try, just to see it running..
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Yes, it runs as a native process under Android, you have to connect to localhost via a VNC client. I just recently started using a VNC client called Jump, that makes using the Ubuntu interface even faster and fully supports the S-Pen (Hovering, Press S-Pen button for right click - quite cool)
Interestingly enough, it seems that the VNC connection is not the only thing that makes the process slow. I tested VNCing into a remote Mac, and the display reaction was a bit faster than with the local Ubuntu.
FD_ said:
Yes, it runs as a native process under Android, you have to connect to localhost via VLC. I just recently started using a VNC client called Jump, that makes using the Ubuntu interface even faster and fully supports the S-Pen (Hovering, Press S-Pen button for right click - quite cool)
Interestingly enough, it seems that the VNC connection is not the only thing that makes the process slow. I tested VNCing into a remote Mac, and the display reaction was a bit faster than with the local Ubuntu.
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Worth trying then, seems like linux has a good support for Wacom devices (I see it natively in Gnome Parameters)
For 3D accel (which I'm notably looking for);I guess VNC isn't adapted,
Regarding Ubuntu Touch, it is said to be easy to port when CM 10.1 is available for the device.
mutonic said:
Worth trying then, seems like linux has a good support for Wacom devices (I see it natively in Gnome Parameters)
For 3D accel (which I'm notably looking for);I guess VNC isn't adapted,
Regarding Ubuntu Touch, it is said to be easy to port when CM 10.1 is available for the device.
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I rather doubt it's possible to use the S-Pen with the Wacom driver over VNC. I saw the entry in the settings, but clicking on it only led to an error message. Do you know whether the native Linux on the Note 10.1 supports the S-Pen via the Wacom drivers?
As far as I understood, you cannot use Ubuntu desktop programs on Ubuntu touch (yet), which renders it more or less useless for me.
FD_ said:
I rather doubt it's possible to use the S-Pen with the Wacom driver over VNC. I saw the entry in the settings, but clicking on it only led to an error message. Do you know whether the native Linux on the Note 10.1 supports the S-Pen via the Wacom drivers?
As far as I understood, you cannot use Ubuntu desktop programs on Ubuntu touch (yet), which renders it more or less useless for me.
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Seems like it is:
http://liliputing.com/2013/03/debia...-galaxy-note-10-1-with-pen-support-video.html
I didn't know Ubuntu Touch could not run common Linux programs....in that case it is less interesting indeed..
Would be cool to see this running on 8.0: http://docs.kali.org/armel-armhf/kali-linux-on-galaxy-note
I don't know how much modificiation there are to make it running on Note 8.0, both tablets (Note 10.1 & 8) share pretty much same hardware...
Regarding this dist; it has to be flashed with a special bootloader into recovery of the tablet, I would be tempted to load it with the 10.1 one just to see what happens... but don't have enough knowledge, to know what happens if recovery is messed up
FD_ said:
Okay, I bought the Note 8 a few days ago, rooted and installed a chrooted Ubuntu using Complete Linux Installer (LinuxOnAndroid) already on day one. It's working great.
I have chosen the full Ubuntu 12.04 package, which already contains the Unity launcher, Libre Office and Gimp, to name only a few. I was curious to find out whether the Ubuntu Software Center was working and I could install additional apps, and indeed, everything worked as you would expect on a Desktop device. I installed Inkscape and now have a full-fledged office AND graphics editing suite on a mobile device, which is incredible. The only kind of bug that appeared was the constant appearance of an error message saying something about a system error, but I just clicked it away without any noticable consequences.
Without the S-Pen, the 8 inch screen would be a bit too small for all these little buttons, but with the S-Pen you can easily hit buttons and interact with the user interface nearly as easily as on a Desktop PC. Also, as the Note 8 has an USB OTG port that supports USB hubs, you could use the device as a full "Desktop PC" with mouse, keyboard and flash drives.
Moreover, Ubuntu does not even drain that much battery. I would have expected the device to get hot a little, but not even that happened.
I should note that everything was a bit slow due to the need to display the Ubuntu screen via a VNC viewer, but all in all it's really amazing what's possible on a mobile device.
Here are a few Screenshots:
Even Eclipse worked, but unfortunately, the Android Development Tools are not available for ARM.
The next step would be to natively run a full Linux distribution, but for my needs, the chrooted Ubuntu is enough.
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I too am thinking of buying a note 8 to root and install ubuntu onto. I am still learning a lot of things and wondered if you wouldn't mind giving a little more in-depth details on what you did to get it to work. Thanks.
Essentially, I just downloaded Complete Linux Installer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid) and followed the steps that are given in the app.
WoooW
Is this linux fast enough on the note 8?
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hany13 said:
WoooW
Is this linux fast enough on the note 8?
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This really depends on what you want to use it for.
It's fast enough for text processors like OpenOffice, even graphic programs like Gimp or Inkscape. It would not make sense to use it for games or watching videos though.
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FD_ said:
This really depends on what you want to use it for.
It's fast enough for text processors like OpenOffice, even graphic programs like Gimp or Inkscape. It would not make sense to use it for games or watching videos though.
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For install linux should download from linux installer or i can use linux image file downloaded from linux site?
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hany13 said:
For install linux should download from linux installer or i can use linux image file downloaded from linux site?
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Although you could theoretically use any ARM linux image (as far as I understand the matter), I'd recommend using Complete Linux Installer as the guys behind the project (LinuxOnAndroid) offer and maintain many different images that were explicitly built to be run on Android devices.
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Ubuntu Natty 11.04 running on Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 with flash support. I made two videos with instructions on how to do it.
Your Tab must be rooted and you have to have a kernel with loop device support.
I use official rom XXJQ3 with CF-Root XXJQ1 kernel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOVAHOk_PoU&feature=channel_video_title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWIBrZEqB7Y&feature=channel_video_title
Hit the thanks button if you like
Sounds great but...where are the videos?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOVAHOk_PoU is this the video?
More information will nice. How to install?????
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Javierinnn said:
Sounds great but...where are the videos?
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Ooopsss sorry i got carried away and i forgot to post the videos too...
I added the videos on the OP.
Looks really good.
Btw....which launcher do you use in android?
Javierinnn said:
Looks really good.
Btw....which launcher do you use in android?
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Go Launcher EX with custom Glass Sense Theme
sadly, this has been done before. not trying to sound negative though some people might find it useful.
there was a project at one point where they were trying to get it to run native, but idk where it stands anymore.
i'm more interested in getting ICS functioning like it should if they get anything other than ubuntu running natively on the tab and it runs great, i'm all for it. ubuntu is bloated to hell now and i dont like the unity interface at all. i've been using MINT as of lately and i've been liking it so far
Why would anyone try to run two Linux operating systems at the same time on the cramped little Galaxy Tab is beyond my comprehension.
Still... seeing some of you guys are keen on connecting though a socket to another OS using your Tabs, try getting into a windows using Teamviewer (anyone can do it, no skill or risk involved and free of charge!). Or, if you feel adventurous, you can set up a VNC server on Windows, Linux (any distro) and establish a VNC connection directly to your desktop/laptop over wifi or 3/4G.
That should run at least twice as fast and provide the same results without your Tab heating up and eating a lavish 1A/h...
Peace,
C.
gangaskan said:
sadly, this has been done before. not trying to sound negative though some people might find it useful.
there was a project at one point where they were trying to get it to run native, but idk where it stands anymore.
i'm more interested in getting ICS functioning like it should if they get anything other than ubuntu running natively on the tab and it runs great, i'm all for it. ubuntu is bloated to hell now and i dont like the unity interface at all. i've been using MINT as of lately and i've been liking it so far
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it doesn't have a gui you have to install it yourself. I installed gnome because i hate unity too.
I did my first android root about a month ago - now I'm hooked on flashing and really want to learn how to customize my ROMs.
My first question - a lot of the tools seem to run in Linux. Is it a good idea to setup a dual boot on my laptop?
I've read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167623
Is this the right place to start if I want to pull apps off other ROMs to install in my own ROM? I've tried unzipping a rom, finding the APK, and so far, it always fails installation. So - is the thread above the right place to start pulling these APKs "the correct way"?
Came from the WinMo platform, been using Android devices for a little over a year.
Any help, pointing me in the right direction is helpful.
Again - I don't (at this time) want to learn how to MAKE a ROM, but "customize" what's already out there.
Thanks!
mpjune69 said:
I did my first android root about a month ago - now I'm hooked on flashing and really want to learn how to customize my ROMs.
My first question - a lot of the tools seem to run in Linux. Is it a good idea to setup a dual boot on my laptop?
I've read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167623
Is this the right place to start if I want to pull apps off other ROMs to install in my own ROM? I've tried unzipping a rom, finding the APK, and so far, it always fails installation. So - is the thread above the right place to start pulling these APKs "the correct way"?
Came from the WinMo platform, been using Android devices for a little over a year.
Any help, pointing me in the right direction is helpful.
Again - I don't (at this time) want to learn how to MAKE a ROM, but "customize" what's already out there.
Thanks!
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I am a windows guy, and most things can actually be done on windows, but somethings Linux is needed for. I use wubi, it's a dual boot, it works amazing. I primarily use windows, and you can use apktool to decompile and edit your applications, you can even set up "cygwin" and run the android kitchen through cygwin bypassing the need for Linux. but for the android utility by tommytomatoe Linux is needed as it's not windows compatible yet, I suggest using Linux to get used to it, I like windows so I like to use as much as I can without Linus, but Linux is a great operating system and wubi is the best way to run it IMO, I've tried all the VMware and running it inside windows and its just way more efficient using the dual boot and wubi is as easy as 1,2,3 to set up
best of luck man, it's addicting!!
i never used linux until about a year ago, and now i cant stand using windows for anything (although forced to use it at work)
there are limitations (online gaming etc)
but i started using it primarily for android but now it is my os of choice
i keep windows on one hd and ubuntu on another, but im pretty sure im gonna erase windows at some point and dual boot something else..maybe mint
wubi is a nice way to wade in to linux w/o doing a full install, but if you ever get into building source roms its not ideal and generally cant handle it, specifically because its partition isnt big enough
Thanks for the replies! Andy, I'm running your stock ROM right now. Love it! Pulled off all the stuff I consider bloat. Now I'm wanting to add some stuff from other ROMs that I have tried.
So...if I use the method you descried above, I'll be able to pull APKs off other ROMs that I've downloaded?
Thanks again.
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nitsuj17 said:
i never used linux until about a year ago, and now i cant stand using windows for anything (although forced to use it at work)
there are limitations (online gaming etc)
but i started using it primarily for android but now it is my os of choice
i keep windows on one hd and ubuntu on another, but im pretty sure im gonna erase windows at some point and dual boot something else..maybe mint
wubi is a nice way to wade in to linux w/o doing a full install, but if you ever get into building source roms its not ideal and generally cant handle it, specifically because its partition isnt big enough
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I run mint 100% and use windows in a vm
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knipp21 said:
I run mint 100% and use windows in a vm
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yeah its mostly just convincing my wife that our home comp is ok w/ no "real" windows
she hates vm's...as actually an old laptop we have can only run windows in a vm (long story) and she uses that at work as a backup to show powerpoints
but ill probably just do it for good during my mini vacation, we havent booted into it in 2 months
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yeah its mostly just convincing my wife that our home comp is ok w/ no "real" windows
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That's funny, I have an old laptop with pretty modest specs. I put XP on it, and it borders on unusable, so I put Linux Mint LXDE on it and configured it to look almost exactly like Windows. It runs really well, but my wife hates it! She can't stand having to learn it's subtle differences (she's a COBOL programmer, so that might explain some things! )
As for the OP's question, depending on the specs of your notebook, you might be able to get away running Linux in a VM. I have VM's for Windows (for installing crap I don't want to install on my real Windows install), Linux and MacOS and they all run perfectly well.
A lot of people rave about VM Ware, I tried it and didn't like it at all. VirtualBox has always worked perfectly for me, and it's completely free. It's worth a shot, if for nothing else than testing 1- whether or not you really need to use Linux, and 2- which flavor of Linux you prefer and meets your needs.
On that second point, I used to use Ubuntu (and still have it installed on a little home file/print server), but recent versions have become resource hogs which might not play well in a VM on modest hardware. Linux Mint, which itself is a derivative of Ubuntu, is much more streamlined and light on resources, especially the LXDE (Lightweight X Desktop Environment) version. This would make it perfect for use in a VM.
imo
Everyone has a different preference when it come to Linux.
personally its very intemidating. I don't like doing.weird things my laptop wasn't made for.
but all u need is the basics, and a couple of good opinions, after that you should be OK.
trust me, after u figure it out, u can't stop.
It like crack!
knipp21 said:
I run mint 100% and use windows in a vm
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I switched from Ubuntu to Mint the other day, and I'm liking it so far. I bought a small external hard drive to back up important stuff. I tried the upgrade option when installing, but it seemed buggy, so I did a clean install.
The only problem I've seen is the ATI/AMD proprietary graphics driver doesn't work properly for my laptop. I just run "classic" Mint, if not the graphics will bug out. I actually prefer the classic desktop anyways so it's not a big issue for me.
I've also got the android SDK with ADB and fastboot up and running now as well.
I'm still learning linux, but I like this distro better. If anyone has any suggestions or any advice to further my learning, I would love to hear it.
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Weekly Update
I am also going to start doing weekly news updates on what is
happening with Linux-On-Android and the Galaxy Nexus in
particular. This will NOT be general news only Galaxy Nexus
related news.
I have fixed a couple bugs in the app one being the Galaxy Nexus
crash error (ROM specific). I also am working to fix the random hot
reboot error when exiting the app. There is also a suprise new
feature coming soon that I am working on. Can you guess what it
is? Cheers!
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Hello all of you Samsung Galaxy Nexus users!
We have a huge thread for the Linux-On-Android project, but its sometimes hard to get every question seen an answered in a timly and orderly fassion. So I created this thread for all the Samsung Galaxy Nexus users to post their questions, comments, and anything related to the project. This pretains to ALL Galaxy Nexus devices (GSM, LTE, HSPA+, etc...).
What is this all about?/Why put this on my Galaxy Nexus?
This projects aim is to bring a range of linux distros to your android device through a method known as 'chroot', see it has running a linux distro within a virtual machine on your phone. You can access this virtual machine and run it on your phone without causing any damage to your device, or having to overwrite anything. Why might you want this? well my apps are designed to make the install and set up process as easy as possible (more so in the paid apps) while still giving you some flexibility. Once you have the distro up and running then you can pretty much run and install any linux software you like (so long as there is a arm port or it is not architecturaly depenedent), sure there a very few big benefits over what android itself can do but it is still pretty dam cool. (and with the free ubuntu version, hey its free does it matter how useful you find it?)
Wait this uses VNC why shouldn't I just VNC to a computer?
VNC is used to access the GUI as at the moment I have not yet implemented a native way of viewing the GUI. But the Linux distro itself is running within the phone and can be controlled via the terminal app so if your a seasoned Linux user you may never even want to use the GUI
What is Chroot?/How does this work?
"A chroot on Unix operating systems is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroot
This method of running linux distros with android has been around for some time. I have worked on my scripts to make the process more user friendly and give you far more options from the word go.
The scripts start by mounting the ubuntu image file within the android file system and then mounts the sdcard and if ou have it internal memory within the ubuntu file system.
Chroot is then used to change the root directory to that of the mounted ubuntu and a bash shell is then opened to allow you to control Ubuntu this is kind of like 'booting' the OS.
The likes of VNC and SSHD are then set up when ubuntu is 'booted' to allow you to connect to the GUI if you require it.
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LinuxOnAndroid Beta v3 is out and ready for you to gobble up! Let me know if you have any questions or bug reports! Cheers!
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This is awesome. And I've watched it grow leaps and bounds over the past year.
The only thing that would make it tremendously better for me would be mouse support. I don't know of it's just me not knowing how to do it, and if it is I apologize. A mouse works, yes, but you have to drag the cursor with it. If there was some way that the cursor could be directly controlled by a USB or Bluetooth mouse, I'd be passionately in love.
I'm already in love with this app and the possibilities it opens. Thanks for the hard work. You already have a donation from me.
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tifford said:
This is awesome. And I've watched it grow leaps and bounds over the past year.
The only thing that would make it tremendously better for me would be mouse support. I don't know of it's just me not knowing how to do it, and if it is I apologize. A mouse works, yes, but you have to drag the cursor with it. If there was some way that the cursor could be directly controlled by a USB or Bluetooth mouse, I'd be passionately in love.
I'm already in love with this app and the possibilities it opens. Thanks for the hard work. You already have a donation from me.
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I agree with you and right now click and move and click and drag to move are the only supported ways using the vnc viewer. However we will eventually be making our on vnc viewer application built into the app. I have already set up the framework for it so you should see that in the near future.
this is great! thanks!
Great! Glad you like it!
app? this is a kinda installer?
App force closes.when I click "install guides".
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L-ViZ said:
app? this is a kinda installer?
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Yes this is an installer.
stuckintheskull said:
App force closes.when I click "install guides".
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OK I'll look into that. ThNks for reporting it.
Yup force close here too. But I can't waiiiiiit for this! Most exciting thing for android right now
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androidkid311 said:
Yup force close here too. But I can't waiiiiiit for this! Most exciting thing for android right now
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es everyone I am aware of these force closes I am getting them too xD. Ill try and get you all a fix soon or ill get a package fix to Zac.
We have decided to remove the v2 app from the playstore and replace it with the old v1.2.1 release for the time being.
We where un happy with the amount of crashes and decided it would be better to remove the app for now and get the bugs all fixed.
Thank you for your patients and comments, we will also be looking to improve the widget(s) and included new builds guides before re-releasing v2!
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WEM97 said:
We have decided to remove the v2 app from the playstore and replace it with the old v1.2.1 release for the time being.
We where un happy with the amount of crashes and decided it would be better to remove the app for now and get the bugs all fixed.
Thank you for your patients and comments, we will also be looking to improve the widget(s) and included new builds guides before re-releasing v2!
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I will be patiently waiting for the app and hopefully you find out what was causing the bugs.
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hy, I make everithing like described,
when I log into VNC I have a grey screen with mouse, after 10 sec I have the Ubuntu wallpaper for 3 sec, after this go back to the grey screen with the mouse,
I can move the mouse but cant see nothing
anyone have an idea please ?
Weekly Update
I am also going to start doing weekly news updates on what is
happening with Linux-On-Android and the Galaxy Nexus in
particular. This will NOT be general news only Galaxy Nexus
related news.
I have fixed a couple bugs in the app one being the Galaxy Nexus
crash error (ROM specific). I also am working to fix the random hot
reboot error when exiting the app. There is also a suprise new
feature coming soon that I am working on. Can you guess what it
is? Cheers!
xTremePower said:
hy, I make everithing like described,
when I log into VNC I have a grey screen with mouse, after 10 sec I have the Ubuntu wallpaper for 3 sec, after this go back to the grey screen with the mouse,
I can move the mouse but cant see nothing
anyone have an idea please ?
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I am not sure I know of the grey screen, but I have never heard of it going back to it after loading the wallpaper and the rest. I will deffinatley look into this as soon as I can.
How is this thread different than the other thread in the link below ? Wouldn't it be better to have this all in the original thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24515123
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viskon said:
How is this thread different than this thread? Wouldn't it be better to have this all in the original thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24515123
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If you read the OP underneath weekly update it explains. Please read the post before asking a question like this unless you have already read the post and are just asking for more information or clarification.
It's been almost a year since trying it, but back when the big thing was Ubuntu for the Nexus and there were a bunch of these it wasn't overly hard to add mouse support by installing drivers from within the distro. It'll be interesting to see how stuff like that goes when they finally release the Ubuntu OS for the Nexus: http://androidandme.com/2013/01/sma...for-galaxy-nexus-to-be-available-in-february/
Hello, I wonder if any developer has a project on ubuntu for the Galaxy Tab 7.0 3 (SM-T210), I'd love to try the ubuntu on my tablet, some developer? (Bad english = I'm Brazilian)
I've researched a lot about it. but the results did not reach.
K3VYNC said:
Hello, I wonder if any developer has a project on ubuntu for the Galaxy Tab 7.0 3 (SM-T210), I'd love to try the ubuntu on my tablet, some developer? (Bad english = I'm Brazilian )
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You could download Linux deploy from google app store.
halifax0 said:
You could download Linux deploy from google app store.
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I want to install native Ubuntu, without VNC connection D:
I know that there are several different Samba apps on playstore that my work for you.?
-sr
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samalama76 said:
I know that there are several different Samba apps on playstore that my work for you.?
-sr
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I was thinking something like download an ARM version of Linux to install / flash on my tablet..
Is there any way?
*** NATIVE, NO VNC ***
(Note: I'm using Ubuntu (GNOME) 13.10 on my desktop)
K3VYNC said:
I was thinking something like download an ARM version of Linux to install / flash on my tablet..
Is there any way?
*** NATIVE, NO VNC ***
(Note: I'm using Ubuntu (GNOME) 13.10 on my desktop)
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I am just throwing this out here because I'm not sure if its what you want exactly, but it may help.
The webpage is whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian
Check it out, hope it helps. It may give some ideas if nothing else, and if it doesn't help, sorry in advance.
-sr
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Oh, thanks bro!!
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Holy crap, that was my first topic ever created lol.
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Well.... did it work?
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Lol, everyone learns things there own way. you would be surprised at the amount of work involved to get a fully functional NATIVE port going. my first took me almost a year on Allwinner Hardware, second 2 went pretty smooth and still took 6 months. the biggest issue you have with a device like a Galaxy is drivers, and UART access to catch were your kernels are crashing (and trust me they will) but you can kinda work around that by having your init scripts dump the log to SD(assuming it is working).
As for drivers? Wifi is fairly simple to get going, its usually just configuration changes. Touchpanel drivers need to be heavily modified to remove muli-touch(not completely..read on) as Xorg and linux in general does not play nice with multi-touch. you CAN use multi-touch to emulate scrolling (ex:2 fingers enables scrolling) and right click events, really it is completely possible to use the full chips capabilities you just need to code the events properly in the source. bluetooth I have not bothered to use but I see no issue with it. GPU!!!!! god I hate the GPU mess. that is the biggest hurdle. I got lucky on my tablets as I was able to port X11 Mali drivers from rockchip over to Allwinner and AMlogic. I use my first Allwinner Tablet daily paired with a cheap mini-keyboard,touchpanel from DX.com. Its not easy, by any means but its a challenge(for me an addiction) and once you get it running on the NAND and power up watching your system log on the LCD...it just gives you that feeling of satisfaction. I am currently in the preliminary stages right now for the Tab 7 working around the OTG issues but there is hope! yes the PMIC chosen by samsung sucks and is partly responsible for our OTG problems( the powering portion anyway since it can only output enough to run low amp devices until I can find the LDO registers for the Boost regulator) but I will not stop until I get it done. KNOX is a major issue at this time as usual but won't be in the long run. It is tough probing the devices registers using i2c-tools so I bailed on that one and ported a tool I used for another platform which Is working out nicely to get valuable data from the chips via a kernel module/userland combo.
I try to keep everyone updated but when there is nothing substantial to report you will hear from me when their is. Ubuntu will run one way or another.
Hello everyone! I just saw some news about this phone releasing tomorrow, and the Intel Atom processor caught my attention, as it has a 64-bit processor. I remember, long ago in the days of the very first Galaxy S, there was a way to run Windows 98 through emulation using QEMU and Bochs, however it was PAINFULLY slow since it was emulating the x86 architecture from ARM. Since this phone will not have that step to go through, does that mean it would be possible to run a fully-featured version of Windows on it, such as Windows 7? (or XP, 8, or 8.1, I just stated 7 for reference) I used to have one of the even older Sony Vaio UMPCs when they were cool, but they're quite slow for any modern tasks. I've dreamed of any kind of successor to it, so that I could have a device running the full Windows experience in my pocket (versus in my bookbag with a laptop or tablet).
Thanks in advance for the replies!
I am a current owner and hoping for the same thing. It does have the 64 bit Atom in it, so in theory, it should be possible!
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in theory its possible.. except you won't have any driver support from asus whatsoever
so... basically everything wouldn't work properly..
i.e. EMMC storage
touchscreen
sensorhub
gps
cellular radio
you get the idea
Couldn't we write the drivers ourselves? I know it isn't an easy task, but it seems as though it should be possible.
Hydrocharged said:
Couldn't we write the drivers ourselves? I know it isn't an easy task, but it seems as though it should be possible.
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Everything is possible and doable, question is: what for?
grzsz said:
Everything is possible and doable, question is: what for?
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For installing steam and play CS GO on my phone x'D
well.. may be it would be nice to have a working linux chroot with a working X server (with audio also) so we can use native linux programs on our little diamond. I know also that it has hdmi out, so we can use it like a pc with bt keyboard\mouse or microUSB with usb keyboard\mouse and hdmi out
I did that on my old htc ONE m7, working debian chroot on hdmi monitor, but the problem is always the X Server.. i was using VNC and it doesn't support audio
sorry for bad english
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Everything is possible and doable, question is: what for?
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To have a way to run a full Windows installation that can fit in the pocket, without purchasing legacy UMPCs such as the: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-VGN-UX280P-4-5-inch-Laptop-Processor/dp/B000IALP88
I'm honestly pretty sad that they discontinued the UMPC concept, I wish it would have stayed.
tbh, I'm interested in seeing if we can get Wine compiled for a chroot'd linux on these beasties. If we can get that working, I could see fully working XP applications at some point.
There's a really good X Server already, XServer-XSDL, that's free on the Play store & plenty of chroot linux builds out there too.
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tbh, I'm interested in seeing if we can get Wine compiled for a chroot'd linux on these beasties. If we can get that working, I could see fully working XP applications at some point.
There's a really good X Server already, XServer-XSDL, that's free on the Play store & plenty of chroot linux builds out there too.
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About how fast is XServer as far as realtime applications go? Since it uses tunneling it seems like there would be some kind of delay, but I have no experience in such areas. If not, then getting Wine to run could open up a lot of possibilities!
XServer-XSDL is real-time since there's no tunneling. I've used it on a couple of my phones. Start up the chroot'd linux on the phone, start up XServer-XSDL, ssh into the chroot'd linux, export DISPLAY=:0 & start up your favorite windows manager. I like lxde or fvwm, personally.
I'm waiting for root so I can install backtrack.
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It is only a matter of time. Hope it is sooner than later. I'm interested in having Windows 10 on here.
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I'm waiting for root so I can install backtrack.
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Rooted versions of the Asus roms are available already... You just need to find them, herer...-https://mega.co.nz/#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw
Big thanks to shakalaca for maintaining the rooted images...
Yeah but I'll wait for an official way to root it with an unlocked boot loader.
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So far have xserver-xsdl installed as the X server, installed debian Jessie to my sd card's 20 ish gig ext 4 partition using Linux deploy. Apt-get wine. Follow wine setup for first boot. I'll test some executables tomorrow.
Another thing is cpuinfo shows the vmx extension, so we could probably run qemu-kvm as well.
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Wine works fine and starts up applications okay and is pretty snappy. BUT it looks like OpenGL in Jessie may be messed up, so either need to see if Mesa has been fixed and recompile or go back to an older distro.
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We may not be able to get hardware accelerated wine with the proprietary powervr video card. Mesa glx shows no support and es2_info shows support but es2 gears won't run.
Well that's not looking good :/