Linux Desktop on Android Device?

[Jason Shaw]

Like Tim pointed out, it is so hardware specific that it's rather
non-trivial to do.  Most phones use binary blobs and proprietary hardware
which makes rolling your own Linux rather complicated.  A lot of the Linux
on phones projects actually rely on the Android kernel to boot.  You might
have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/phone for some details, and there's
also KDE Plasma which can be installed on the Nexus 7 tablet (and possibly
other mobile devices) which has a good community working on it:
https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Community_Workspace/Tegra3/Nexus7/PA_installation

Other projects of note are Nemo, Meego, and Mer, which are all working to
bring Linux to mobile devices.

Knowing what hardware you are working with will help to narrow the field a
bit.

-jason


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Tim Tisdall
<tisdall-DXT9u3ndKiSh7up9GtFB90EOCMrvLtNR at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> It completely depends on the hardware...  Here's a blog from a guy who has
> put Linux on a few different Android devices:
> http://jas-hacks.blogspot.ca/
>
> Here's a repo for compiling a kernel for AllWinner CPU's:
> https://github.com/linux-sunxi/
>
> Do you have a specific device in mind?
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Stephen W. Clarke <stephenc-wtWqQT8woy8 at public.gmane.org>wrote:
>
>> Does anyone on this list know of a tutorial that explains the process for
>> replacing the OS on an android device with a Linux Desktop? is if even
>> possible? I assume I'd have to use adb and fastboot, but I'm not sure
>> exactly what the steps are or the order they need to be done in.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
>>
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