I just got the Venue 8 and was wondering why the Lollipop update for the Dell is 32-bit and not 64-bit. The SoC is 64-bit and everything.
Also, seems like the System is using up 1GB of ram all the time, and the launcher has to re-draw if i press the home button after using a heavier application like Facebook (ugh) or something similar.
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has anyone managed to put Microsoft windows 7 on the sony tablet s?
there is an app that turns your phone completely into windows 7 but it ain't available in the play store if is still have I would of uploaded it for you
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yea but i mean the official windows 7 not an emulator where u cant really install windows programs and stuff i mean windows 7 as in like some of the windows 7 pc tablets
Nenita25 said:
yea but i mean the official windows 7 not an emulator where u cant really install windows programs and stuff i mean windows 7 as in like some of the windows 7 pc tablets
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That is impossible. Windows 7 only runs in x86 and x64 processors, not ARM ones like in Sony Tablet S.
MAYBE it will be feasible to install Windows 8 RT in the future IF Sony unlocks the bootloader AND Microsoft allows instalation in non-sanctioned tablets.
(fat chance of any of them happening).
Still, I actually use Windows 7 in my Sony Tablet S every day. I use a program called Splashtop (special 5-min version for Sony in Google Play) that mirrors the screen of a Win7 machine. Works pretty well, I can even watch videos in it, close to real time.
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there is an app that turns your phone completely into windows 7 but it ain't available in the play store if is still have I would of uploaded it for you
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What is the app called?
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Plantaman said:
That is impossible. Windows 7 only runs in x86 and x64 processors, not ARM ones like in Sony Tablet S.
MAYBE it will be feasible to install Windows 8 RT in the future IF Sony unlocks the bootloader AND Microsoft allows instalation in non-sanctioned tablets.
(fat chance of any of them happening).
Still, I actually use Windows 7 in my Sony Tablet S every day. I use a program called Splashtop (special 5-min version for Sony in Google Play) that mirrors the screen of a Win7 machine. Works pretty well, I can even watch videos in it, close to real time.
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As you alluded to, that is definitely NOT going to happen.
Microsoft have already stated that Windows 8 RT will not be publicly released, will only be available to OEMs and will not be backported to current hardware. Even if it was, drivers for the Sony's quite unique hardware set are definitely not going to be easily available.
Just to clear it up for everyone.
http://www.onlive.com/ unless you have an RDP server or install Teamviewer on a PC of yours.
Has any other Dell Venue 8 (or Venue 7 even) owners installed and had problems with Firefox?
For me, it is very very slow. It does not matter which website I visit. The same sites appear nice and quickly on Chrome and the the default web browser (does it have an actual name?).
If you have not tried Firefox. Can you try it out and see if you have the same experience?
It can't be downloaded.. Always throw Error package file is invalid.
Can you please see if your Venue 8 has this issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562719
I've noticed the same thing.
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Ok final version, I wasn't able to install, but instead installed the new the beta version and this behaves exactly the same as chrome and stock android browser.
Yup, Firefox for Android seems to take a long time to load a page but once it does, it renders it very smoothly. Seems like it might be relying on native libraries that haven't been properly ported to x86 on Android.
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New update for Firefox seems to be much quicker now.
Just recently started building these for one of my laptops. Not sure how great compatibility is to start but it ran and installed on every device I tried on, mostly devices from within the last 5 years 64 but capable.
One problem I noticed on some older devices, it doesn't auto boot. I will post instructions to get the image to boot shortly.
***Directions to install***
1. Burn to usb drive:
Code:
#sdX should be your usb device
dd if=/path/to/img/chromiumos-1.23.15-x86_64.img of=/dev/sdX
Or use equivilant windows tool to burn similar to these directions http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
2. Boot from USB drive, some devices have errors, fix will be posted soon
3. Switch virtual terminals to get to a text prompt - CTRL+ALT+F2
4. Login - username: chronos password: password
5. Elevate privs:
Code:
sudo su -
#type password again
6. Run installer:
Code:
/usr/sbin/chromeos-install
***Downloads***
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934521960
md5sum b73b5ae6eec3c1497a35e97212243fda
***Source***
Right now just building from master at https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/manifest.git
Plan on forking things soon
***Thanks***
Thanks to everyone who is working hard on the Chromium OS project
Is there any way I could run Chromium OS on an old Mac Mini?
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I have an interest in Chromium builds. I am trying to find ones that will work on a wide variety of hardware.
Like: Acer Aspire One 722-0473. This one has 64 bit Amd c-60 dual core, Radeon HD and Atheos wifi. So far everything is locking up at the first screen where the 3 drop down menus are. I would be perfectly happy to boot with 32 bit, lite distro.
Like a Dell Latitude D530. Appears to have Broadcom wifi but won't boot at all. Gets to the unpacking kernal screen and starts complaining.
Like a Dell Inspiron 910 Mini. This actually has a small SSD. It boots but doesn't recognize the touch pad.
I have had to resort to Chromixium.org which has a chromebook look-alike project.
Or to Zorin OS which has a Windows 7 look-alike that maybe I can get to automagically start Chrome browser.
I both am curious and there is actually a business opportunity out there. Installing a "more or less" production version of Chromium OS on old/slow netbooks could become a side job if I could get them to work.
Tom
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Is there any way I could run Chromium OS on an old Mac Mini?
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If its Intel hardware it should work, there might even be something for their old ppc hardware but not 100% sure.
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I have an interest in Chromium builds. I am trying to find ones that will work on a wide variety of hardware.
Like: Acer Aspire One 722-0473. This one has 64 bit Amd c-60 dual core, Radeon HD and Atheos wifi. So far everything is locking up at the first screen where the 3 drop down menus are. I would be perfectly happy to boot with 32 bit, lite distro.
Like a Dell Latitude D530. Appears to have Broadcom wifi but won't boot at all. Gets to the unpacking kernal screen and starts complaining.
Like a Dell Inspiron 910 Mini. This actually has a small SSD. It boots but doesn't recognize the touch pad.
I have had to resort to Chromixium.org which has a chromebook look-alike project.
Or to Zorin OS which has a Windows 7 look-alike that maybe I can get to automagically start Chrome browser.
I both am curious and there is actually a business opportunity out there. Installing a "more or less" production version of Chromium OS on old/slow netbooks could become a side job if I could get them to work.
Tom
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I can't make any promises on functionality, I have only explored the source a little bit and I am sure troubleshooting without me having the same exact hardware will be hard but I will put something up for you guys to test. Keep a look out for it in this thread in the next day or 2.
There are a few things I have ran across for getting it to boot from USB so I will most likely update op with some directions and notes that I have.
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Installing Windows 10 with Chrome OS
greetings!
I have Toshiba Chromebook 2 and I would like to install Windows 10 on external SSD drive beside Chrome OS
Is it possible to install both systems with bootable choice
Which is better
1 -Linux + windows 10 or
2- Chrome OS + Windows 10?
for more details about my machine
https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-chromebook-2/specs/
thanks,
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Installing Windows 10 with Chrome OS
greetings!
I have Toshiba Chromebook 2 and I would like to install Windows 10 on external SSD drive beside Chrome OS
Is it possible to install both systems with bootable choice
Which is better
1 -Linux + windows 10 or
2- Chrome OS + Windows 10?
for more details about my machine
https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-chromebook-2/specs/
thanks,
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I bought a new Laptop this year with Windows 10 and I absolutely hate it. So much so that I've decided to dump Micro$oft for personel usage. For that reason, I've been looking at Linux. For me, Linux has the most potential. It's been around a while so has enough apps etc. In practice though, I've had too many issues with Linux Mint on 2 different machines now. The first, a new Asus FX503, has touchpad issues, video issues and every time you change a driver, the bootloader just breaks and is sometimes unrepairable. On the few times I got things sorted, silly niggles like screen brightness, media keys and poor touchpad scrolling have still killed the experience.
On the second laptop, an old Dell Vostro 3500, it refuses to load Linux. This got me into trying Chrome OS with Cloudready. I have to say, I'm really impressed as most things just work out of the box. Media keys, brightness, video etc. Scrolling is the only issue here, but that could be related to running a live session off an old Nokia N86 as the USB key with very slow memory speeds.
From what I've seen, Chrome OS + Windows 10 is the easier of the 2 options.
Hello,
At the moment, I have installed android 9 x86 on my Asus PC, since the computer is very old and I was looking for any operating system which would work fluent on this machine.
So now I am struggling to make it look like windows desktop. Is there any possibility to make it look alike? If so, how can I do this?
I mean, I need to set the bottom task bar, multi windows with "Minimize, Maximize, Close" functions and so on. The closer the looks to original Windows 7 the better.
Computer specs: Intel celeron 900, 2 GB ram.