Gnome, KDE, LXDE, IceWM All Working On Android

dooberrymctavish writes "Ghostwalker over at AndroidFanatic has gone and done it again; now he's released clear and concise instructions on how to get X11 server running on your Android device. Not only that, but he has successfully gotten LXDE, and IceWM running at a pace. There is even a photo with the instructions showing the LXDE desktop running right there on the device itself. Apparently, you can also VNC straight onto the phone's new desktop from your PC."

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For that matter so is the iPhone

[SuperKendall]

Android is already a free software platform where users can write software without being locked out.

So is the iPhone.

If you have a developer account, you can deploy any software you like to your own phone (and a few others).

Or if you jailbreak a phone, you can deploy any software you want or have someone else send you whatever software they like.

Just as open in the end.

I do see value though it being able to re-write things with source code at the lowest level, but mostly for study and not so much for usability. It's hard to beat the guys who developed the low level device stuff for the iPhone or the G1 as they know the hardware inside and out in addition to the tradeoffs the hardware best lives with...