Linux Desktop on Android Device?

[Jason Shaw]

If you're concerned w/ open phones, there's the Open Phoenux project :
http://openphoenux.org/ that builds "as open as possible" hardware that
runs various Linux and/or Androids on them.

-jason


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:38 PM, William Muriithi <
william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> On Feb 12, 2014 12:44 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 09:49:33AM -0500, Stephen W. Clarke 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.
> >
> > You would have to get a kernel with the right drivers, and a driver for
> > the video chip that can run X.
> >
>
> And I think we don't have an open source video driver yet. Or can nvidia
> blobs work on phone? Unlikely I would say.
>
> > After that, well you would need some way to get the touch screen to work
> > with X or using a mouse somehow.
> >
> > The actual booting and replacing the firmware is a trivial minor detail
> > in the overall task.
> What about baseband? I think as long as we depend on closed source blobs,
> its not worth it. Would be too fragile and easy to break during updates.
>
> Hopefully some day, nouveau will be good enough to not bother with blobs.
> At that time, I may tinker with mine too.
>
> William
> >
> William
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