On 8 Oct 2011 11:59, "Mayuresh" <mayur...@acm.org> wrote: > > It's perhaps too early to ask this question for Aakash in particular as > the specs may not be widely known yet. > > More general question could be: can a device that runs Android, run Linux > as well. (Or with kind of effort it can be made to run.) >
For sure..it can very well be made to run linux..an embedded distro would be preferred > Rationale behind asking this is, if someone has made a device that runs > android, the device drivers already exist that can interact with Linux > like kernel. Only question remains whether they are open enough or not. > > The drivers are open...the point is getting the config file of the kernel which is at /proc/config.gz on android...try it with adb if u have an android phone The kernel thus can be built... > For those who consider Android as a Linux variant owing to its roots, this > is a non question. I, for one, do not consider it so. The environment is > pretty different on Android. > The major reason for it is that andeoid is BSD... Companies thus start wierd stuff for business... Nd trying a linux dual boot is fairly unrisky but rooting a cell phone is not what people are ready to try..there is an emerging android community..xda-developers etc... But they'll take time reaching common people > Now which Linux would one expect to run on such a device: A few I know are > Maemo (little chance of it running on anything other than N900 and alikes > from Nokia), MeeGo (or whatever its new avatar), openmoko etc. (Please add > more Linux based distros that can run on PDAs/tablets to this thread.) > Lots of embedded distros... Buildroot, open embedded etc etc can be built...the embedded community is however not as huge and so any problems will take time > (Their respective sites list the devices they support. However, what's the > difficulty level of adding new ones there given the commonality that they > all already run Android.) > > > BTW, this article says there are tablets already around that are cheaper > than Aakash > http://www.thinkdigit.com/Mobiles-PDAs/Your-guide-to-the-new-35-Aakash_7700.html > I haven't checked the specs of these. > Building android tablets is more of a business now a days and thus you will see cheap ones too... > Mayuresh. prazzb > > _______________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
