How to Roll In Linux from Your Android Device
However the answer depends on your Android device. There are lots of apps that allow user to link their Android device to their personal computer. For an instance, Samsung has Kies Air; this app is intended for Samsung device alone. I have also tried some apps but I really appreciate Air Droid most. It can be acquired for free and has an engaging user interface.
On the other hand, the whole thing is about to change. With Ice Cream Sandwich or ICS, most probably Android will be slumping Mass Storage and use MTP protocol as an alternative which is not much well supported with Linux user-space. Take note, it is supported with a kernel called Linux, that when you link your gadget Linux will detect it. But as far as user-space is concerned it is not an ideal tool to handle with your device. Though, there gMTP but its work is limited.
Personally, I owned three Android devices and one of them is Honeycomb tablet Samsung Galaxy 10.1, this one utilizing with MTP and mass storage. Because all these gadgets are soon to be updated to Android 4.0, definitely it will not be able me to just drop and drag content.
To further, with all different flavors available for Linux to those who are finding for an open-source platform from which to figure, it seems that Ubuntu is certainly the easier to install – letting even the most ill fated noob to download and enjoy. Google’s Android as well is an open source being, allow the developers to enjoy a huge deal of achievement porting of Windows 95, 98, XP, and also more other Linux flavors onto Android devices but up till now, not Ubuntu.
To those who are running rooted Android devices perhaps they pleased to learn Ubuntu Installer. It’s a user friendly and quite easy to install even to the unseasoned tinkerer, and allowing you to check the compatibility in advance of your device and ROM.
The flowing are some of the key feature of Ubuntu Installer:
- · Run Ubuntu within Android devices
- · Allow access of Android & Ubuntu simultaneously
- · Well optimized for ARM devices
- · Handy LXDE Desktop
- · With fully operational Software centre and Ubuntu update manager
- · Has file system access – allows you to access files from SD card internal memory from Ubuntu.
- · With set resolution – allows the user to set the size of the screen during boot
- · Always choose the “large” and “handy” type Ubuntu Installation
Through default, I always suggest performing to install on extra devices as divergent to your day by day runner. Actually, we are not expecting that anything goes wrong, but if in case it happens; we wouldn't want the matter to interfere with your every day digital duties.
As far as installers are all about there are large visions available like 1.5 GB downloaded and 3.5 GB installed, which appears with all the whistles and bells like openoffice.org suite, Thunderbird, GIMP Image Editor, Firefox and more, also as a handy version, which encloses of all the essential attributes obliged to let Ubuntu functions at its best.
However, before you decide to download, do your assignment first by checking the compatibility of your device; just visit this site (http://linuxonandroid.blogspot.com/p/working-devices.html) for compatibility matters. And you can download Ubuntu Installer for Android here (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zpwebsites.ubuntuinstall).
About the Author:
Stacy Carter is a tech writer and freelance blogger laying out for tech news via online exposures. She is the author of the site: Android Spy where you can get valuable information about spy software program on your cell phone.
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