Run Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Your PC With Android-x86 6.0 (softpedia.com)

This week saw the first stable release of Android-x86 6.0 (marshmallow-x86) -- and a new version of Remix OS for PC, a PC-optimized version of Android. Slashdot reader prisoninmate quotes Softpedia: Android-x86 6.0 has been in the works since early this year, and it received a total of two RC (Release Candidate) builds during its entire development cycle, one in June and another in August. After joining the Remix OS team, Chih-Wei Huang now has all the reasons to update and improve its Android-x86 system for the latest Android releases. Therefore, as you might have guessed already, Android-x86 6.0 is the first stable version of the project to be based on Google's Linux kernel-based Android 6.0 Marshmallow mobile operating system, and includes the most recent AOSP (Android Open Source Project) security updates too.

Under the hood, Android-x86 6.0 is using the long-term supported Linux 4.4.20 kernel with an updated graphics stack based on Mesa 12.0.2 3D Graphics Library, and offers support for Samsung's F2FS file system for SSD drives, better Wi-Fi support after resume and suspend, and initial HDMI audio support.

Comments

Not open source

[Anonymous Coward]

Jide will not give you the source code for Remix OS if you ask.

These guys want to capitalize on open source, but aren't willing to empower you to do anything new based on their work. Screw 'em.

Isn't ANdroid terrible for most applications?

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a tablet running CyanogenMod. That is supposed to be a good Android distro with root etc easily available. Perhaps Android is better than iOS, I couldn't say, but my experience is that compared to say Maemo5(despite the browser getting old and 256M of ram?! on the N900) Android is non-multitasking toilet of an OS, and the apps and utilities available outside of Fdroid are worse than a joke with everyone grabbing for in-app purchases.
Why would I want that OS on a PC?