Re: Ubuntu on Android (was: getting rid of android on tablet)

2012-08-12 Thread JD Austin
It seemed a little half baked to me... I'd rather (like the original poster) have a full Linux distro installed than something running on top. Given recent changes with the Linux kernel adding android kernel bits to the main trunk it shouldn't be long. Until then I'll run a rooted Android OS

getting rid of android on tablet

2012-08-11 Thread Steven A. DuChene
I have a few 7 android tablets made by either pandigital or panimage. They have some older version of android on them. I am not really all that wild about the restrictive and weird nature of android. Is there anyway to put a more normal version of some light weight Linux on them? These tablets

Re: getting rid of android on tablet

2012-08-11 Thread JD Austin
Ubuntu is getting close to having a linux that will run on some android devices.. but until then I'd recommend you load Cyanogenmod on them. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: I have a few 7 android tablets made by either pandigital or

Re: getting rid of android on tablet

2012-08-11 Thread JD Austin
http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/ On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:31 AM, JD Austin j...@twingeckos.com wrote: Ubuntu is getting close to having a linux that will run on some android devices.. but until then I'd recommend you load Cyanogenmod on them.

Re: getting rid of android on tablet

2012-08-11 Thread Steven A. DuChene
of these android devices. -- Steven DuChene -Original Message- From: JD Austin Sent: Aug 11, 2012 11:37 AM To: Steven A. DuChene , Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: getting rid of android on tablet http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android

Re: getting rid of android on tablet

2012-08-11 Thread Ed
Give Linaro a look : http://www.linaro.org/ There is an OpenBSD ARM distribution that looks uptodate, although more for storage devices than tablets: http://www.openbsd.org/armish.html On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:31 AM, JD Austin j...@twingeckos.com wrote: Ubuntu is getting close to having a

Re: getting rid of android on tablet

2012-08-11 Thread Richard Daggett
Bodhi Linux has builds for ARM and is a small foot print. http://www.bodhilinux.com/ Richard On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Ed p...@0x1b.com wrote: Give Linaro a look : http://www.linaro.org/ There is an OpenBSD ARM distribution that looks uptodate, although more for storage devices

Ubuntu on Android (was: getting rid of android on tablet)

2012-08-11 Thread Crawford Rainwater
JD: Have you tried this out of curiosity and if so, what device(s) have you made work with this? I am curious to hear some personal experiences on this concept outside of the Ubuntu on Android via Canonical circles. Thanks in advance! --- Crawford PS: I receive this list in Digest format, so