Android on x86

http://code.google.com/p/live-android/

by zokier • 17 years ago

49 13 17 years ago

code.google.com

pierrefar• 17 years ago

I love the pun/jab at MS, even if it is unintended: they included the word "live" in the name. Because the "live" brand isn't confused enough.

Good thing MS sorted out this brand mess by moving to "bing".

nailer3• 17 years ago

LiveCDs like LinuxHelp and Knoppix existed years before MS Live did.

martythemaniak• 17 years ago

There's no need to downmod someone into oblivion just because they're not aware of a not-very-significant fact.

pufuwozu• 17 years ago

I think it has more to do with the attitude and sarcasm of the comment.

nailer3• 17 years ago

FYI, contrary to the site, you don't need any special tools to concatenate files other than, er, cat.

Eg:

  cat *00? > android.iso

Works fine. Note since Android is designed for touch phones, you might notice that mouse acceleration is lacking.

ajcronk• 17 years ago

why are the files split in the first place?

kirubakaran• 17 years ago

So you won't be as frustrated when you get disconnected at 99% ? (I am not sure if you can resume downloading, like with FTP servers that support resuming)

blasdel• 17 years ago

Pretty sure Google Code has hard limits on file size

jf• 17 years ago

Boots perfectly on VirtualBox: http://skitch.com/joelf/bshj1/android-on-virtualbox

mncaudill• 17 years ago

Getting meta: http://imgur.com/pxOff

darshan• 17 years ago

Since this is for those who "want to give Google Android a try, but don't feel like buying a T-Mobile G1," and not meant to be actually useful as an OS, I don't understand what this has to offer over the SDK. (The SDK runs Android in a virtualized environment on Windows, OS X, and Linux.)

I read the project summary and skimmed the "readmefirst.txt" and I still don't get it. Is it faster? Easier to install?

Android on x86

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