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Debian For Android Installer Released
dooberrymctavish writes "You can now download an installer and bootloader for getting Debian running on your Android (G1 at the moment) device; the whole install process will take you about 10 minutes, and leaves you with access to the full plethora of programs available in Debian and lets you continue using your phone as it was intended to be: as an Android device with all the capabilities thereof. Here's a look at it running.
Must resist purchase of new geek toy...
Just shows Debian booting. What can you do with it?
You can drain your battery with it, enjoy!
Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services ?
That sounds preposterous to me.
If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without a windows. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realise that windows is more than just Office ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to acheive. A lot of people dont realise this.
Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.
Its just not possible that a freeware like the Linux could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer fron start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of windows. Not possible.
I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.
Man you almost had it. Insightful +5, then you went and mentioned Windows Mobile.. ugg..
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2009: The year of Terminal on the cell phone.
Take that iPhone!
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Just shows Debian booting
Wrong. It's the new media player, it turns sound wave into text. Can't you hear the 'tuff tuff' music playing?
The header clearly stated "Here's what it looks like running:", so I have no reason to believe otherwise.
Virtual Betting on Facebook for non-geeks.
I think (ergo sum) that you really meant
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The android standards were written so you wouldn't install package managers & run native programs. You're supposed to be running Java Xlets. What's wrong with you people?
Why would you want a system so closed, inflexible, and proprietary that it makes Windows look good?
With all the thrashing /. has given Vista, we Microsoft fanbois will take what we can get. ;)
Boot Windows, Linux, and ESX over the network for free.
suck as Knoppix and Ubuntu.
Hey now, they're not so bad...
I'm pretty sure the supreme geek toy is still a greased up yoda doll.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
But you can use apt-get to install the GNU toolchain...
But you can use the GNU toolchain to build apt-get...
OH GOD I'M SO CONFUSED!
It's not exactly rocket surgery.
I would have gone for "Think you're different? Think you're better? Don't think: buy Apple."
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."