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technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 3843

Barry's recent talk got me thinking about the utility of small libraries, which led me to bionic and thus Android. At first I figured it would be mission impossible, getting a dev kit, finding the sources... you name it.
Then I did some poking around and concluded,
It should now be possible to build Android for linux:
gcc-4.6 was released last week, providing support for bionic libc and the Go language.
ALL the sources are here: android.git.kernel.org/
they appear to be using cutdown stlport for the C++ library called astl.

known issues:
gtk requires wchar which bionic lacks ... use only dalvic vm, or patch it with wchar maybe?
untested waters may equal lots of patching
3.X source release is delayed [to protect users from themselves]

puppyluvr · Posted: Fri 25 Mar 2011, 19:02 Post subject:

Hello,
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/Android-x86-53904.shtml

Lord_Solrac2 · Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Posts: 35 Location: Gurabo, Puerto Rico

Wha?? O.o Android is a custom Linux just as Mac OS and iOS O.O lol...
EDIT:: Also as Puppy And Debian :O
Android is buildable but obvioussly it's not an application. But You can Build an *Emulator* For that case since there are a lot of Emulators (But Only 1 for Linux which requires JDK (SDK) And A Bunch of Libraries but thats cause the Emulator is actually the Android SDK no complete system there)

EZ4arabs · Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 84

Am surprised that no tablet makers approached Mr. B.K till now ?!

please excuse my ignorance but why android using MirBSD korn shell in debug mod?

I respect copyrights but just a noobie Embarassed

question:
can a tablet be rooted with a custom created " droid puppy " Rolling Eyes

for sure users wouldn't get that error message most android users get :
“the process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again”

Lobster · Posted: Sat 30 Jul 2011, 21:14 Post subject:

Apps can be created
http://www.appsbar.com/

Firefox can be modifried [sic]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_2_Gecko Cool

Just got Android running on my Eeepc Cool

Very Cool . . .

I used UNetbootin which offers to install distros (including Android)
to USB.
UNetbootin is available some place for Puppy but I used
Pinguy Linux which was on my hard disk . . .

Having problems with wifi (as usual - may be signal strength)

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3620 Location: around the bend

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2625 Location: Earth

Even though I have never used a technology that I've seen demo 2 years ago, there is a technology which using your device's camera (s), will interpret your gestures in some meaningful way. This is NOT futuristic. But, its integration and acceptance will be key.

Here to help

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3620 Location: around the bend

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 3843

http://code.google.com/p/gentoo-bionic/

mikeslr · Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 11:02 Post subject: Linux on Androids

Android phones/tablets: 1 Ghz processor, 32 Gb Memory, 400,000+ apps. 400,000+ apps? I can't keep track of 50 programs. Seems like they've built a power plant and all they're able to do with it is light scattered Christmas Tree bulbs.
The best thing about Smartphones/Tablets are their touch-screens. While it would be nice to be able to create Android apps under Linux (especially Puppy) it would be great to port Puppy to a Smartphone/Tablet. Requires two obvious steps: Develop the firmware/drivers to utilize the touch-screen. Develop, for example, Grub4Dos to handle booting Android and enable dual booting.

Just my 2 cents.

@ Lobster. Over the last 6 months, I've twice installed Android to a USB Key and booted Asus 701SD with it. Clunky operating system: no touch screen. Neither time would the wifi connect.

mikesLr

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2625 Location: Earth