Does anyone know of some good IDE's that can compile C and/or Java well in our ubuntu setup?
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s1mpd1ddy said:
Does anyone know of some good IDE's that can compile C and/or Java well in our ubuntu setup?
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Considering the limited CPU and memory on webtop compared to a full blown desktop, i'd look at something lightweight, like a text editor, or maybe geany? http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/geany-great-lightweight-code-editor-linux/
Geany looks good.. I'll have to grab it when I get this Ubuntu fully installed and running on webtop. Thanks!
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For those of you coming into this post looking to have Ubuntu on your Galaxy Player, it looks like we have found an acceptable solution.
First of all, due to our single-core processor, it doesn't look like we'll ever have the official Ubuntu for Android that is on the Ubuntu Site.
However, it has been tested, and you can use this app on your Galaxy Player to actually run Ubuntu, with either a Gnome or LXDE desktop. You use a terminal emulator to get it started, and after that, your terminal emulator becomes a terminal for your Ubuntu, and you can access the Desktop through vnc to localhost:5900. You can also access the gui from any computer with vnc using [your.galaxy.players.ip]:5900.
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I was wondering if there would ever be any chance of this on the Galaxy Player 5.0, specifically the US version, because it would go great with the big screen, and Ubuntu is so useful!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1502862
As far as I know, this is it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1502862
As far as I know, this is it.
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Possibly but unlikely since this seems to be advertising the large amount of power in multi-core phones while the Galaxy Player is a single core. However I have the Ubuntu that dunca123 suggested installed on mine and it does work fairly well although not extremely so. Maybe about as well as any lightweight linux distro would work on a single core with not a lot of RAM (crunchbang being the exception because that will run on just about anything)
Im able to run BackTrack 5 on my SGP just fine. Its 5.0 US and as we all know, BT5 is a linux distro based on GNOME. Hoped I helped in some way.
Any links with instructions toy could provide please?
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This seems like an ok solution, though i could do without having to use vnc.
For backTrack5? I'd be happy to give you what you need. You need 3.25 on your SGP and ill link the files and you need to be rooted. Ill tell you the rest when you reply.
i would just like to know what the majority of people here use operating system wise for developing android apps.
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The distro you use is irrelevant to developing Android apps, all that matters is that it can have Java, Eclipse (if you want everything to be streamlined) and the Android SDK running on it (which is most if not all distros). However, I like the look Of Unity so Ubuntu.
You could even run Windows
thats true for the most part.. certian distros run certian things faster and other things slower.. i should have narrowed my question cuz there are too many variables lol.
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I have been using Ubuntu since past 3 years now. and I strongly recommend you also using Ubuntu if you're new to linux. It isn't like I haven't had my hands on other Linux distros. But, the reason I always recommend Ubuntu to Linux newbies is, Ubuntu has the biggest online community out of all linux distros which will help you out in lot of ways when you're facing some OS related problems and troubleshooting. Even googling any problem of Ubuntu will give you solutions right away on your hands. At last but not least, when it come to the installing application/software section, not matter whether from online repos or from specific packages from sites, most sites include separate installation guide for specific ubuntu when it comes to the Linux distros.
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Debian based distros (or even debian itself) are the best.
So, ubuntu seems to be the most recommended one. Big online community, most problems and answers are already posted somewhere, it's fast enough (I haven't heard otherwise at least).
If you're feeling geeky, Slackware
Well, however, you only need Eclipse, Java, and Android SDK, which pretty much every distro supports. However you don't wanna loose most of your time worring about the distro itself since you're using as a tool for you to work. Go for Ubuntu
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linux mint ftw
Ubuntu or any other distribution based on it (Because of the Software Repository).
I recommend Ubuntu 10.04 lucid lynx for dev android it is what I use it is noob friendly and have ywr to really see Amy problems with it not to mention the great community support
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I too recommend using ubuntu
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Tha TechnoCrat said:
I too recommend using ubuntu
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Well, in my opinion... I would recommend Fedora. Fedora is always the leading Linux distro with all the recent technologies. I wouldn't change Fedora for Ubuntu in a million years... at least that's my opinion. Currently running Fedora 20 with Eclipse & Android Studio flawlessly...
To all those who say Ubuntu,
Ubuntu is laggy (on my PC).
Kali-linux has built in Java and Eclipse.
But I say use Builduntu or Mint (64 bit).
There are about 600 distros you can try. Try googling and you may just find the best distro for you. Keep on trying.:laugh::laugh:
For the sake of people looking for the same i was
Ubuntu (for the aformentioned reasons), but in Lubuntu or Xubuntu flavors... Offers the cleanest, fastest and less resource hunger experience in the ubuntu ecosystem.
Lubuntu being the lightest.
Example Given:
I'm currently developing not so heavy android apps (data capture, and so on) in a xubuntu 14.04, celeron dual core based pc with 3 gigs ram and 120 gb hdd, intel hd 3000 machine...
BBQ Linux - http://bbqlinux.org/
Call me crazy alright, but it is possible to get old 2.0 webtop on an ICS system? Flashing it via Fastboot, cwm or Rsd?I just can't get used to it and found it very disappointing specially the lack of:
-A descent mobile view.
-Full featured firefox.
-The ability to run linux and per se, a most competitive laptop environment.
-Real multi-tasking with lots of windows opened at once.
-Best integration with Lapdock keyboard and trackpad.
-Capability to run dedicated os programs like openoffice.org (not this joke of quickoffice...)
-A true laptop resolution at all for God sake!
-Many more
I know that this 3.0 is very light-weight and almost "flawless" but still not that useful for me specially coming from an Atrix with the webtop2sd mod, pure laptop experience... OMG what have I done!!! Lol!!! Neh... I wouldn't trade my razr for anything... at least in 17 months!
Have found something googling it but the info is not very useful as well, so looking for the advice from somebody here willing to point in some direction to get this working, if this it is even possible.
Thanks!
General consensus will probably be no. Until I get home tonight, I can't look at /dev/block/webtop to see if its possible. In theory, so long as the files are 100% separate, I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. Problem being, I think they tie into the system files somehow and aren't completely separate as they'd need to be.
Anyone else have any ideas on this? I plan to put ics on my clns replacement tonight, but i might not since I want the full featured webtop.
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Webtop 2.0 seems intact on ICS
I'm interested in this as well. I only acquired a lapdock post-ICS, so I unfortunately don't know exactly how things worked before.
It seems like all of the pieces are still in place for the real Ubuntu webtop. The old webtop does not appear to have been not removed in the update; mounting the /dev/block/webtop partition (ext3) reveals a 1 GB linux filesystem. I would be surprised if the Linux environment is broken, as chroot Linux environments such as "Free Linux Installer" work identically in both GB and ICS.
The big question is how the webtop is launched; I'll try and figure this out, but if anyone knows or has a copy of whatever script launched the Ubuntu-based webtop this would be very helpful!
I have my Atrix now 1month and searched for a option to flash real ubuntu to our Atrix. I saw videos, threads, mods and many many more but there is no real Ubuntu on the Atrix.
Video how i want to use my Atrix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6eEDZva1W8 (Yeah i know Atrix 2 but there is no real differents to our normal Atrix?)
Nexus 7: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation
AC100 (Tegra 2): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/TEGRA/AC100
I know we need many skilled Devs but i think its possible and would make better use of our Atrix then a webtop 3.0 or normal webtop. I just want to say i want to install my programms (example: Chromium) out of the applications market like the real ubuntu.
What are u guys thinking ? Is it worth to have such "dreams" for our Atrix or is it just hopless that i should just forget it?
Have u ever tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726916
I installed it yesterday, and i'm not mastering it, but it's way better than normal webtop.
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Have u ever tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726916
I installed it yesterday, and i'm not mastering it, but it's way better than normal webtop.
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Sadly yes. But its not better then other webtop mods. After installinge and setting up it really is the same. Watch the first links from my post and u can see its really works with the latest Ubuntu version with Chromium.
Well a few things.
A) The atrix 2 is quite a bit different from the atrix one
B) saying that it would quite likely be possible to port however there is no source for the Ubuntu for android set up.
C) The nexus 7 is a native set up and would require a lot of changes to be ported to other devices just like all the other native ports.
D) I plan when I have the time to look at improving on the current web top versions of Linux, and of cause always improving our current chroot based method
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Okay thanks for the reply. So that means it is only make able with the perfect source? The AC100 is a tegra device its not possible to modifie it?
About the Webtop mods I use some but I can't even use some cheap programs that's my only problem.
Thanks for some great information.
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So, with Ubuntu Mobile capturing the attention of hundred of thousands I thought I would ask the one question that's been in my head since the first time I heard of Ubuntu Mobile, what about other Linux distros?
Considering Ubuntu is Debian-based and one of Ubuntu Mobile's key selling points is "it's the same is your PC" software-wise *cough* bloatware *cough* how likely do you think it is for a similar feat to be acomplished by another Linux distro (I like the ring of 'Arch Mobile' :cyclops: ) or will this be a more disgustingly exclusive Ubuntu feature (much like Unity, which didn't gain much traction in other distros).
Please voice your opinion on the matter, even if it's not completely relevant. I'd like to see how the community sees this.
Ubuntu for mobile has optimised stdio.h for touch screen mode of input and integration for touch input device at kernel level. Maybe if another distro can achieve this... Probably need a lot of libs & /dev/ mod files to get compatible drivers for touch devices. Repositories (apt.get, rpm, deb & yast etc) need to haxe modified programmes (apps) optimised for phone display, i/o etc.... Not an easy task.....
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Maybe a mobilised version of PackageKit would work for package management woes, if not I think there may be hope depending on how the phone utilises its 'desktop mode' and that can resolve issues that may accompany distro-specific issues (like Arch's KISS philosophy) and the libraries will be added to repositories (or even just made into an installable package?) for touchscreen usage and hopefully packages could be installed traditionally (i.e. 'apt-get install' 'pacman -S' 'yum install' 'dpkg -i' etc.)
I built a Linux image for my phone (Galaxy Spica)
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I built a Linux image for my phone (Galaxy Spica)
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Oh that's quite interesting, when it was running a Linux image was your phone still running Android and with Linux working inside Android (using VNC for X etc.) or was it running natively in the same fashion as Ubuntu Mobile is said to be?
I would think that any Distro based of Ubuntu will be able to be run on a phone.
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I would think that any Distro based of Ubuntu will be able to be run on a phone.
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I hope by the time all the mobile software is "figured out" (for lack of a better word) that using the device-specific software won't be limited to Ubuntu-based distros, I don't mind Ubuntu and its derivatives per se, but I much prefer using a more advanced distro; but I suppose Ubuntu is what you make of it
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I would think that any Distro based of Ubuntu will be able to be run on a phone.
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This is not a comletely new idea mind you. We have two Ubuntu/Linux threads in the Asus Transformer tf101 dev thread. Both are WIPs but both have many users who are working on making the process better and simpler to have Linux and Android dual boot. Both methods are for native install as well so no need for chroot or VNC.
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Interesting thought. I don't know if the variation will come from other Linux flavors or just different themes or desktop environments. Could it just be that there are themes or desktop environment like cinnamon, XFCE, pantheon and others instead of different Linux operating systems completely? Then again everything is going mobile so maybe the other Linux flavors will disappear unless they follow in Ubuntu's steps and go mobile.
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Interesting thought. I don't know if the variation will come from other Linux flavors or just different themes or desktop environments. Could it just be that there are themes or desktop environment like cinnamon, XFCE, pantheon and others instead of different Linux operating systems completely? Then again everything is going mobile so maybe the other Linux flavors will disappear unless they follow in Ubuntu's steps and go mobile.
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No, not everything is going mobile. It's just that x86 machines have reached saturation point by now; everyone has one, so the focus is on getting a smartphone or a tablet. Plus, hardware is so powerful that there's no real need to upgrade. Software has not caught up. Even as a gamer, my ATI 6950/Phenom II 955 box hasn't had an issue with running everything topped out so far, new games and all. For sure, you don't need much just to run the everyday stuff like Chrome or Office. People still use desktop computers quite a bit, though in quite a lot of households I do find that it's not at all uncommon for the computer arsenal to consist exclusively of laptops (though that is still x86 and not ARM).
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No, not everything is going mobile. It's just that x86 machines have reached saturation point by now; everyone has one, so the focus is on getting a smartphone or a tablet. Plus, hardware is so powerful that there's no real need to upgrade. Software has not caught up. Even as a gamer, my ATI 6950/Phenom II 955 box hasn't had an issue with running everything topped out so far, new games and all. For sure, you don't need much just to run the everyday stuff like Chrome or Office. People still use desktop computers quite a bit, though in quite a lot of households I do find that it's not at all uncommon for the computer arsenal to consist exclusively of laptops (though that is still x86 and not ARM).
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Well obviously software developers and video gamers will always have desktop computers. It's people that aren't processor hungry that just want to check emails and social media that are going mobile. I know people that don't even own a computer and just use internet through their phones. I can see them embracing of having their phone work as a computer when they dock it into a monitor keyboard mouse environment. That's the only way they could teach their kids about computers.
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I'd love to see Debian for phones. But once I think about it. There's nothing "new" about this concept. Technically Its already out as I have native Debian and arch Linux on my iconia tab via an arm ports. Touch screens support has been patched into the Linux kernel since the 2.6.x series so it works great at the hardware level. So when I get to to bottom of all of the hype all I see is canonical marketing some sort of Unity Touch. (Gnome and KDE were too big I guess ). My point is what bother to get another ubuntu like os for phones when there's already 99% of distos already ported to arm and touch. The only thing that Ubuntu for phones can do that the Debian/other linux ports can't do is make calls, but any hacker with a pair of tweezers could port the radio interface to a Linux distro.
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