[aklug] Android for desktop: was Re: Re: Linux/Unix VM's for Demonstration.

From: Scott <Scott@ravenmoonart.com>
Date: Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:17:25 AKST

Anyone have any success setting up android on a desktop/laptop yet?
Scott

On Mon, 2012-02-13 at 00:17 -0900, Christopher Howard wrote:

> On 02/12/2012 11:35 PM, R Denison wrote:
> >
> > Surprised no-one has mentioned Android yet.
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> Just keep it clear that Android != Gnu/Linux. They share a few common
> components, but that is all. They both use the Linux kernel, but the
> Android version is significantly divergent from the official one. Most
> everything outside the kernel is not Gnu sources either, from what I
> hear, but custom stuff coded by google, and does not provide the a
> full Gnu-compatible interface. What especially characterizes Android
> is its (*bleck*) Java-based interface.
>
> I'd give more specific examples but I'm not able to get the source
> <https://source.android.com/source/downloading.html>
> from the repo. Keep getting fetch errors.
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