[kwlug-disc] Nexus7/Installation - Ubuntu Wiki
L.D. Paniak
ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com
Fri Jan 11 10:31:08 EST 2013
Interesting. Hopefully they will leverage the CM/mod community efforts
for the plumbing and have a full-fledged Ubuntu userspace on top of it.
It would be a pity to replicate that work.
Maybe one day one will be able to have a decent "Ubuntu VM" experience
on a phone (Ubuntu for Android?), but I think that is still in the
future. The closer to metal Ubuntu on the phone is, the more successful
it will be.
On 01/11/2013 10:07 AM, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> My impression (based on what people have said in videos and Q&As and
> not much more): It's using the Android kernel and drivers, but not
> much more from Android land.
>
> My take: Nexus devices may very well run it fine. Handset
> manufacturers who rolled their own kernel or are using binary blobs,
> not so much. A better yardstick than "if it runs Android..." is
> probably "if you can install Cyanogen, you can install Ubuntu."
>
> Darcy.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:25 AM, L.D. Paniak
> <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com <mailto:ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Interesting. This will answer the question of just how
> close-to-metal(plastic?) the Ubuntu Phone OS is. From what you
> say, it sounds more like an application.
>
> The Ubuntu Nexus 7 image is a standalone firmware image based on
> the Android kernel for the Tegra3 processor. I would be surprised
> if it ran on any non-Tegra3 hardware like the Nexus S. With a
> pile of work, you might be able to get it to run on something like
> this:
>
> http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/HTC-One-x-Plus/#specs
>
> I, for one, am looking forward to the unification of the Linux ARM
> universe.
>
>
> On 01/11/2013 09:01 AM, Darcy Casselman wrote:
>> An Ubuntu Phone OS build is supposed to drop Real Soon Now. All
>> the demos have been on Galaxy Nexus, but they've said if it runs
>> Android, it should run Ubuntu.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Chamunks Arkturus
>> <chamunks at gmail.com <mailto:chamunks at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> How far do you think this is away from running on a nexus s?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:01 AM, L.D. Paniak
>> <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com
>> <mailto:ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com>> wrote:
>>
>> The "Raring" alpha is now available:
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation#Installing_Ubuntu_13.04_on_Nexus_7
>>
>> Most of the bugs from the 12.10 version appear to have
>> been ironed out and performance is improved. Sizing the
>> desktop for the amount of available real estate is still
>> an issue, but all in all I find it a useful upgrade. The
>> amount of flexibility it brings to a rather capable
>> hardware platform is impressive.
>>
>> Next stop: VNC server
>>
>>
>> On 12/09/2012 09:15 AM, Raul Suarez wrote:
>>> And I was impressed of how well it ran. It seems quite
>>> "driver complete".
>>>
>>> If I had a tablet to play I would have left it installed.
>>>
>>> Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com>
>>> <mailto:dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> As I understand it, the intent of this beta release
>>> isn't to provide a nice user interface. I gather that's
>>> coming. It's to ensure all the underlying
>>> hardware-related OS stuff works well on this one
>>> reference platform. WiFi, battery life, camera, on
>>> screen keyboard, rotation (which is still in progress,
>>> apparently), etc...
>>>
>>> Darcy.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Raul Suarez
>>> <rarsa at yahoo.com <mailto:rarsa at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I did it last week, Installing was a breeze,
>>> Instructions to reflash the stock android also a breeze
>>>
>>> The good:
>>> - Great job to make it run, most of what I tested
>>> works (I couldn't get sound) Wifi worked and the
>>> browsed worked well.
>>>
>>> Where it still needs improvement:
>>> - To slow to be usable
>>> - Font too small
>>>
>>> Note that this is not the same solution as having
>>> Ubuntu and Android side by side on the device.
>>>
>>> Raul Suarez
>>>
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>>> *From:* L.D. Paniak <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com
>>> <mailto:ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com>>
>>> *To:* KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
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>>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 28, 2012 7:45:58 PM
>>> *Subject:* [kwlug-disc] Nexus7/Installation - Ubuntu
>>> Wiki
>>>
>>> Has anyone out there tried this?
>>>
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation
>>>
>>> Apparently it is a development project at this
>>> point, but the reported
>>> bugs do not include the terms "initrd", "soft lock"
>>> nor even "wifi" so
>>> it might not be too bad...
>>>
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