![]() If you peruse the FatDogArm thread, somewhere toward its current end you'll find my inquiry about the possibility of deploying the FatDogArm image for the Nexus 7 to tablets using similar (but not identical architecture). ![]() At least one version, however, has been developed for the Nexus 7 Tablet. The exception is FatDogArm where jamesbond and kirk have developed some kernels for some of the many versions of Arm.Īs starhawk has pointed out, the focus of FatDogArm has not been tablets. Puppies have been developed to run, primarily, on the CPU chips used in pcs. As the conversation has pointed out so far, the problem is firmware. Like icosahedron -and probably many others- I have an interest in porting Puppy to android tablets. Hi icosahedron, Crushed, starhawk and shadow of viper, Android really has everything that i need on a tablet. I only tried it out of curiosity and did not know what to do with it after installation. If you are already rooted though, all installations made by linuxdeploy are completely reversible if you choose to uninstall it There is an X server ported to some tablets but has limited functionality Okay, i lied - the ARM ports of it (which is still rather huge repository and growing)ĭrawbacks: Need to be rooted, GUI accessible via VNC viewer (i recommend RealVNC viewer from google play store). The advantage of this method is that you can enjoy the best of both worlds and simultaneously!Īll the apt-get etc from debian world are still available. The image runs alongside the android system, not independent of it However, it still needs the android drivers etc to actually communicate with the hardware. In other words, debian runs directly on the device and is not emulated Note: the debian image runs under a chrooted environment I have used linuxdeploy to install a debian image on to my android tablet Most of the google apps won't work, but if you don't have a google account, google can't collect data from you. If he can't get a custom rom, he can get 99% there by "just say no". Then you have to, independent of the google play store, find and install the software that you want. If you don't flash the google apps, you just have the basic android, without any connection to google. On any custom rom, all the google software is a separate download that you flash right after you flash the custom rom. If he wants something more, like any kind of real linux type experience, then it won't. If what he wants is to not be tied to Google, it will get him there. a pity that there doesn't seem to be an alternative to Android for those things. Starhawk wrote:dancytron, I don't think that'll get him what he wants - although, I'm no expert on Android stuff, so I could be wrong there.Īlso, most cheap/off-brand tablets don't have hardware that's worth even the given price, let alone enough to make a custom ROM worth the trouble. ISTR that there are versions of Puppy designed for Android tablets that might assuage some of my privacy concerns and might be more familiar to navigate if I can ‘reformat the drive’ and install a faithful Puppy instead of NSA (Nasty Spying Android).Īll I want the tablet for is essentially a pocket-size computer - word processing, internet research via search engines, and storage of pictures and music.Ĭan I install a version of Puppy to use the tablet as a ‘pocket PC’? If so, which one, and how do you install onto tablet hardware? Google seems to use Android devices as a data collection service for its own purposes. Having successfully Googled for a 4.1 user manual I’m concerned that, in using Android, I haven’t bought a tablet Google/Android has bought me. ![]() I have no idea of the device model number, I haven’t found that info yet, but it’s about 7.5x4.5 inches overall, if that helps. I just bought an old Android 4.1 tablet from a junk shop. Can someone recommend a Puppy for Android devices?
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