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Gnome, KDE, LXDE, IceWM All Working On Android

Posted by timothy on from the options-are-good dept.

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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  1. But does it run... by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... wait never mind!

    --
    "I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google"
  2. So much potential by cpicon92 · · Score: 5, Funny

    can you make phone calls with it?

  3. Re:Er, no thanks. by Microlith · · Score: 5, Informative

    It may not look bad, but I run into situations repeatedly on my Aspire One where the dialog is simply too tall to be usable. Sometimes options, and frequently the Help/Ok/Cancel buttons are below the bottom edge of the screen (even if I set both of the gnome panels to autohide) and cannot be reached.

    Frequently I run into default windows that are larger than 640x480, which while small was typical not long ago, and still common among mobile resolutions. GUI designers need to keep this in mind.

  4. Re:Great Combination. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whenever somebody says "server farm" I imagine some guy wearing plaid and overalls out in a barnhouse milking servers.

  5. So if I were to install Skype on it... by lordofwhee · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I could use it as a mobile phone!