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Canonical Demos Early Stage Android-On-Ubuntu

Posted by kdawson on from the source-code-soon dept.

An anonymous reader notes Ars Technica's report from the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona, where Canonical has unveiled a prototype Android execution environment that will allow Android applications to run on Ubuntu and "potentially other conventional Linux distributions." "Android uses the Linux kernel, but it isn't really a Linux platform. It offers its own totally unique environment that is built on Google's custom Java runtime. There is no glide path for porting conventional desktop Linux applications to Android. Similarly, Java applications that are written for Android can't run in regular Java virtual machine implementations or in standard Java ME environments. This makes Android a somewhat insular platform. Canonical is creating a specialized Android execution environment that could make it possible for Android applications to run on Ubuntu desktops in Xorg alongside regular Linux applications. The execution environment would function like a simulator, providing the infrastructure that is needed to make the applications run. Some technical details about the Android execution environment were presented by Canonical developer Michael Casadevall... They successfully compiled it against Ubuntu's libc instead of Android's custom libc and they are running it on a regular Ubuntu kernel."

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  1. If I had the choice by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd rather run Ubuntu on my smart phone.

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    1. Re:If I had the choice by freedom_india · · Score: 2, Funny

      U think, its funny you twit?
      It happened on the day i had an emergency.
      The day i had to catch a train at 6 AM in the morning, and the cab driver hadn't showed up at 5.10AM, and i had to retrieve his number from my Desktop.
      I boot up and i see this ugly blue screen.
      Man i was so pissed off i could have shot at my PC if i had the time.
      It was then i decided no more playing and supporting Linux...
      After i returned back, i i tried bringing it up via ACronis secure zone, etc. Nope.
      No Linux, No crap. Only Windows 7 64-bit
      And i will be in the queue waiting to buy it when Microsoft releases it

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  2. Re:important lesson by oldspewey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Forward to what? CLI?

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  3. Sup dawg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sup dawg, I herd you like run programs, so I put an operating system in your operating system so you can run programs while you run programs!

  4. Re:This is where a subject should be by russlar · · Score: 4, Funny

    It might mean that Canonical and Google could share an app store.

    gapt?

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  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. Re:important lesson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Where are the goods? Don't be boastful when the goods have not been delivered.

    Yeah, you're so right. Look at OS X: a 20 year old UI on a 20 year old kernel written in a poor imitation of a 30 year old programming language. No package management. Lousy performance. Spinning beach ball of death.

    Great theming and marketing, though.

  7. Re:This is where a subject should be by sgt+scrub · · Score: 2, Funny

    Canoogle?

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