Morning,
I have the Fujitsu Q550 tablet and it currently runs Win 7 however is it at all possible to put a fully functional (not VM) android base on it? Ive seen a couple of youtube postings but no links which makes me think it is afake but worth a shot to ask.
thanks!
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Hi there -
I have an Acer C720P but I find I don't use it very much because I've gotten used to a handful of excellent Android apps on my phablet (e.g., PocketCasts, Press, etc). That got me to thinking: if Android can run on so many different devices, is there a way to convert my chromebook to an Android laptop? That would be pretty sweet...especially since this chromebook has a touchscreen, which seems well suited to Android.
I was wondering if anyone has experience with that or can point me to a site that would explain how it can be done (or tell me it can't be done).
Thanks!
cloudcover said:
Hi there -
I have an Acer C720P but I find I don't use it very much because I've gotten used to a handful of excellent Android apps on my phablet (e.g., PocketCasts, Press, etc). That got me to thinking: if Android can run on so many different devices, is there a way to convert my chromebook to an Android laptop? That would be pretty sweet...especially since this chromebook has a touchscreen, which seems well suited to Android.
I was wondering if anyone has experience with that or can point me to a site that would explain how it can be done (or tell me it can't be done).
Thanks!
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I am looking for that too. It would be veri nice have a android on this device
Hey XDA! This is my first post so bear with me...
Recently Acer announced their new Tegra K1 Chromebook and I have to say it's pretty intriguing. I really want to buy one, my only problem being Chrome OS. Don't get me wrong, I love it, it's just not robust enough for me. I want to really make use of the K1 by playing more high end games like ones for Android that are more optimized for it. Touchscreen not being a huge issue here. I'd use a PS3 controller of course. Plus with all the apps already developed for the Droid platform it makes a lot more sense than web based Chrome OS.
So, question time.....
Do you think it would be possible to install KitKat or maybe even Android L Beta on a system like this? I have researched it a little and the Tegra uses ARMv7 architecture. I don't know a whole lot about what that means, but as far as I understand it's 64-bit not 32. Does that mean I would have to use a special KitKat OS on this? Also how in the world would I go about doing this? I have successfully installed Ubuntu (I think 12.04) on an older Samsung Chromebook which dual boots both Ubuntu and Chrome OS; however, I am not sure that the steps involved would be the same. Seeing as how this is a fairly new device, Google is of no help whatsoever....
EXTRA, EXTRA!
Would it be possible to make Android the default OS so it auto boots without going to the OS verification screen?
Thanks for reading! Really hope I can get some answers, looking forward to doing some "real" gaming on the cheap!
Does anyone have a recommendation on which Chromebook to get that is possible to install Arch Linux on without many issues, ideally with a 12+ inch screen?
HP Chromebook 14
I have read on the Stack Exchange Forums that the HP Chromebook 14 runs this smoothly. I Run Ubuntu on mine and it has only given me the expected little issues you deal with on these types of installs... Totally worth it. I only had one issue with my Chromebook and it was my battery dying. Not sure of other brands but you have to ship back to HP for this particular model. CS was great to deal with and they returned it back quickly...... All in all I would make sure you get a book running Intel. I hear the most issues on other ARM processors, with the exception of the 13.04 on the Samsung ARM chromebook.
ask Ubuntu dot com - best I have found for answers. Kind of like this one.. Not a lot of people just arguing trying to prove they are smarter than the other.. Just good help!
Hope this helps, please feel free to check out the Ubuntu section on Stack Exchange and I find the people on the Google+ very nice as well.
Petedev said:
Does anyone have a recommendation on which Chromebook to get that is possible to install Arch Linux on without many issues, ideally with a 12+ inch screen?
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Hey there!
So I have my old but trusty Asus TF201 still laying around, mostly unused. I kinda want to revive it as a portable Linux "laptop" but all the guides I've seen so far are either somewhat unfinished or don't give me a lot of confidence that they'll work. Or they're just outdated as hell...
Currently I have KatKiss running on it, latest version. But it's still laggy and really not a pleasure to use at all, the main reason why it's laying around so far.
So, any ideas?
I have one as well, I had put Ubuntu on it awhile back (Ubuntu was only distro with GUI) it worked overall, but was still slow cause the kernel wasn't optimized for the hardware it was running on. Those guides, while outdated, will still work. I'm currently working on porting Halium to my note 4, after that I am going to look into getting Halium on the tf201 and a distro of Ubuntu (dunno for certain though)
I have tested several Linux Distros on Dell Venue 11 7130 and most seem to have issues which are unsurmountable.
Now I am looking to see is any ChromeOS is worthy of full 2 in 1 support on this model. I need it to work in Tablet mode and Laptop mode.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Like what distros? I'm not a linux expert, but I do know deft8 (italian police OS) deft zero, parrot, kali, and well.... maybe try an OLDER distro, mb your distro's are too 'new'?
markosjal said:
I have tested several Linux Distros on Dell Venue 11 7130 and most seem to have issues which are unsurmountable.
Now I am looking to see is any ChromeOS is worthy of full 2 in 1 support on this model. I need it to work in Tablet mode and Laptop mode.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
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I've just acquired one of these tablets this week, gifted from a friend. I have managed to get Debian Testing (KDE) running quite nicely on it (took a bit of work!). Touchscreen is working, wifi is working, although that took a bit of hack and slay.
I downloaded a copy of the latest PrimeOS (Android desktop system), which I found worked quite nicely. Wifi and sound worked, I have yet to test Bluetooth.
For wifi, I actually had to "borrow" the ath6k firmware from PrimeOS, and pop the firmware drivers into /lib/firmware/ath6k on my Debian installation on the Dell. The wifi works, but is a bit tetchy (it tends to drop out after an hour or so, and the only solution is to reboot the tablet altogether).
I'm trying to figure out how to get Bluetooth and sound working. Will post more later when I have a bit more time.