Linux Desktop on Android Device?

[Tim Tisdall]

I have no experience with getting Linux running on TI's OMAP.  A quick
Google search gave me this:
http://omappedia.org/wiki/Linux_OMAP_Kernel_Project

Like Jason was saying, though, after you get a kernel running you then have
to figure out how to support all of the different hardware on the device
you have.  Cell phones are brutal because there are usually no open drivers
to communicate with the cell phone components to allow you to actually make
phone calls.  Since you're working with a touch-screen device, you may be
able to get it working, but it'll take a lot of work.  Also, I don't really
know how well the different Linux desktops work with touch screen
interfaces.


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Stephen W. Clarke <stephenc-wtWqQT8woy8 at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> Yes, I'm looking at the ACER DA220-HQL.
>
>
>
> > 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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