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TheHimself
October 5th, 2011, 05:21 PM
Is there any open source distro for Android?
haqking
October 5th, 2011, 05:30 PM
Is there any open source distro for Android?
is there an operating system for an operating system ?
Android is a stack which includes an operating system (the linux kernel) as would be a Open Source Distro such as Ubuntu etc.
Or do you mean is there a open source distro which will work on a phone which is currently running android ?
forrestcupp
October 5th, 2011, 06:04 PM
I'll bet he's asking if there is an Android distribution that will install on a computer.
Erik1984
October 5th, 2011, 06:11 PM
I think this is the best you can get if you want to install Android on an x86 system: http://www.android-x86.org/ However I haven't tried this myself it just pops up as the first Google result when you search for "Android x86" :P
haqking
October 5th, 2011, 06:13 PM
I'll bet he's asking if there is an Android distribution that will install on a computer.
Probably.
If that is the question then yes you can run Android OS, i had it in a VM for a while but removed it now.
forrestcupp
October 5th, 2011, 06:17 PM
Interesting. Those two options are probably better than wrestling with the Android emulator in the SDK.
duke.tim
October 5th, 2011, 06:25 PM
It can be said, Android is a distro.
I really got to look into that x86 android distro.
I was thinking about learning how to make apps
vbox meet android, android meet vbox! ( hope it works )
TheHimself
October 10th, 2011, 10:15 AM
Sorry guys. What I meant was that is there any open source "repository" of applications for Android?
haqking
October 10th, 2011, 11:27 AM
Sorry guys. What I meant was that is there any open source "repository" of applications for Android?
The android market is probably the closest to what you mean
https://market.android.com/?hl=en
bobbob94
October 10th, 2011, 12:45 PM
F-Droid is an android FOSS repository
http://f-droid.org/repository/
haqking
October 10th, 2011, 12:50 PM
F-Droid is an android FOSS repository
http://f-droid.org/repository/
ahhh nice, good to know
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