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[Streak 5 Android Development] Djinn Moto:
Impressive,

I was using Ubuntu for a while and now im very impressed with the work of bringing ubuntu to mu Mighty Streak. But there something i'd like to be clear before i go ahead.

1. As far as i know, this Ubuntu will be run on Vnc environment under Android OS, am i correct?

2. If 1 is a Yes, that means that i can back to Android at anytime to make fone call, text, ect...

3. If 1 is a No, so how Ubuntu works? And how can i do 2?

4. How long did the battery last?

Thi is it. Will ask you more if any.

Thanks buddy.

Dell Streak with Tapatalk Pro
[Streak 5 Android Development] profclean2000:
1. Yes it is.

2. Yes, you can toggle between the two. If you get a call it will overtake your ubuntu session, sort of like when you are browsing the web or really in any app and get a call.

4. I leave my ubuntu session up and running all the time, phone overclocked to 1.27 ghz and with heavy I mean HEAVY use I get about 10-12 hours of use. If I am being a normal person and not face palanted in my phone it lasts a whole day. With setcpu you can do quite a few neat things like underclock the phone when the screen is off and of course if you are using wireless rather than 3g that always helps almost double the battery life for data usage is concerned.

Also to help with battery I am using a solid black wallpaper. Not sure if it helps a bunch but it takes less to keep the screen lit, in Ubuntu and on my phone.

If you have any more questions I will do my best to answer. If you get stuck at any point and need help feel free to pm me and I will do my best to help.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
I'm stuck at trying to download and extract the ubuntu files. I downloaded the first one in the list but I can't figure out how to extract it.

I have toasted one computer trying to run ubuntu, so I really want to do this right.
[Streak 5 Android Development] profclean2000:
No problem.

1. Download all of the files (you need all of the files in order to extract the first one, otherwise it wont work)

2. Make sure you have 7zip or alzip or really any zip tool installed on your computer

3. The first ubuntu zip (ubuntu.zip.001) is the one you need to extract. So right click the file and choose the option "extract to /ubuntu" under 7-zip or which ever tool you are using to extract. It will create a folder with all of the files you need called Ubuntu. You just move that folder to your sd card. The file is broken into 4 parts which I am guessing is due to a file size restriction with the file hosting company used. So once you extract the first ubuntu zip you have everything you need, it's just confusing because it seems like you need to extract all four. I hope that helps.
[Streak 5 Android Development] Djinn Moto:
you got any mediafire links? 'cause it's a pain-in-the-ass while downloading from Megaupload in my country. Cannot download 2Gb with 3Kb/s....
[Streak 5 Android Development] profclean2000:
Sadly no... sorry.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
Okay, I have the files extracted and placed on the SD card.

New problem.

I am running 1.2 of the new superclean version.

I have done the factory reset and cleared the dalvik cache.

I even went as far as to format the SD card prior to installing the new OS.

There are perhaps 12 programs in my downloaded apps list and half of those are actually updates of previously installed apps.

In Application Manager there are zero applications listed under the SDcard tab.

I'm getting a message that I need to move some of my apps off of the SD card because there are too many to establish a "loop" for Ubuntu to run in.

Any ideas?
[Streak 5 Android Development] zinqzinq:
Could you write something about performance of ubuntu? its take long time to load system and apps , freezes? and how to comeback from ubuntu to android? restart phone?
[Streak 5 Android Development] scdsone:
its ok just ignore it i get the same message with my Android Terminal Emulator & i can start ubuntu no problem
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
It's been sitting on the screen telling me that it could take awhile for a good half an hour now. I'm thinking something is wrong.

Any suggestions?
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Your doing great. You need to now open and configure your VNC viewer. UBUNTU is running already you just can't see it yet. Android VNC viewer is free from the market if you have not already installed it you will need to. Read back a few posts this happened to another user lol and I explained how to configure it. So just press the home button to exit the blue screen, open VNC viewer, configure and enjoy!

Configuring is a snap. Name it Ubuntu, password is Ubuntu, address is localhost and port is 5900. Press connect your done.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
If you are overclocked it is very snappy. Less than 6 seconds to open office apps which are the heaviest load on the OS. Firefox opens in about 5 seconds and is as fast as you are accustomed to. No freezing yet for me. You can toggle from phone to Ubuntu at any time like an app. So you still get phone calls, texts... If you are not overclocked it is still pretty quick but can take a bit longer to open apps. So no need to restart phone, as stated in the first post it runs side by side your current system. Hope that helps.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
I mean this in the nicest possible way.

HOLY BUTTF*** BATMAN!!!

This is so cool. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
I guess its working for you then? Lol, are you overclocked also? In the vnc viewer there are a few options under input method and you can change the way you navigate the mouse.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
I'm overclocked to 1.2. The general consensus seems to be that above this you run into the law of diminishing returns.

I'm sure it'll take a little playing to figure how to actually use the thing, but that'll come. It is just too cool to have functioning Ubuntu to play with on my phone. I have wanted to learn this OS for a while now, so this is perfect.

I'm over 50 and I sound like a kid with a new toy.

Thanks again.
[Streak 5 Android Development] scdsone:
i cant overclock with setcpu or any app it will just lock up my phone but ubuntu runs fine firefox is a little slow but i think i added to many addons (adblock, xmarks, webmail, etc, etc.)

im using touchpad as my input mode it seems the easiest for me

can we use maybe a wireless or bluetooth mouse with it

(sorry im not very technical so i dont know if its possible)

i use ubuntu as my OS on my laptop its 11.04 but ive been using it since 8.10 so im ok
[Streak 5 Android Development] maltloaf:
Been playing with this since this morning and love it.

Has anyone managed to get a bluetooth keyboard and/or mouse working with it ?

I'd consider buying a mini bluetooth keyboard to use with this - anyone have a recommendation ?

also, what screen resolution has everyone found to be the best ?

cheers,

malty
[Streak 5 Android Development] scdsone:
im using 800x480 & it looks great

bluetooth mouse & keyboad would be good i would buy some as well

im upgading to 11.04 now ill post some screenshots when its finished
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
What ROM are you using and if you are using simplestreak 1.2 did you apply the performance zip?
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
I'm feeling really dim about now.

1) I can't get a keyboard to open.

2) How do you resize windows?

3) I tried to set up so that I don't have to type in the three command lines but when it runs them automatically, the SU command fails.

Suggestions?
[Streak 5 Android Development] scdsone:
i was already on simplestreak 1.2 with the performance update but i had to use the no overclock version as my phone will just lock up with any overclocking tool

im not fussed as ubuntu runs fine for me with just the standard clock

2.5 hours left on my upgrade to 11.04
[Streak 5 Android Development] maltloaf:
1. in android VNC you have to 'send text' in pocketcloud you can open a proper keyboard

2. you'd need to click and drag which is difficult but not impossible - much easier with a mouse.

3. don't know sorry.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
In android vnc a long press on the menu button on the streak (middle capacitive button) brings up the android keyboard ;-) Is the quickest way for me. When browsing in Firefox you can use the volume up and down buttons on the streak to scroll the page up and down, also a Tad bit easier than trying long menu press.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
The command line issue is because the phone keeps changing the first letter as a cap, which fails. It works once, but the next time I use the emulator, the letters are changed.

When I use Firefox the phone freezes after a few minutes. Pain in the neck to work in, by the way. But then I have the Android browser so no big deal there.

I just hope it is only Firefox that has the problem. I haven't worked in anything else much yet so I don't know. I got stuck in a boot loop that required pulling the battery and the phone felt concerningly warm.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
I upgraded to 11.04 almost immediately and have not had any issues. It may be worth a shot for you. Anyone else having these issues?
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Can someone try something for me? I want to know if you can RDP or vnc into this from my computer when the streak is plugged in.

I think it might work if you do this:

- Plug the streak in and start up ubuntu (dont vnc into it, just start it up)

- Then using adb run the command "adb forward tcp:5900 tcp:5900"

- Then start Remote Desktop Connection if you have windows and try to connect to localhost:5900

If it works I will definitely be getting this for my streak
[Streak 5 Android Development] evxus:
I tried to download the ubuntu files twice but winrar does not open it and shows the corroupt archive messege. I change the file extention from x.zip.001 to x.zip. Is there any other download link available?

Thanks
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
This should do it.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
Is there a link to download and install the way we did the current version?
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Try downloading Alzip or 7zip, they are both free and should work. Winrar wouldent unzip them for me either just tried it on my wife's comp. Also you only need to unzip the Ubuntu.zip.0001 file. The rest wont unzip. They may not work if you rename them either just a heads up.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Not to my knowledge. The only way is to do the manual upgrade. Also u can try and install a different browser from the software center as a quicker way to try and fix your issue maybe iceweasel would work better as a browser for you.

I am reading up now on how to create an image file that would work for this and would like to make a Ubuntu netbook image or even a Meego image. If there is someone who knows how to do this and would like to help I am all ears!!! I did find a working backtrack image earlier today but none of the wifi tools work so kinda pointless at this junction.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Will try and post back within the hour, fingers crossed!!
[Streak 5 Android Development] evxus:
I downloaded 7-zip, extracted the first file and it created a folder ubuntu and placed another zip file in it. When I tried to extract from new zip file, it showed error again.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
For a full explanation please see post #16 in this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14954819&postcount=16

You only need to extract the first zip. When it is extracted the folder it has created is all you need. Take the ubuntu folder it created and put it on your (extrenal) sdcard. Open the terminal editor and type;

su

cd /sdcard/ubuntu

sh ubuntu.sh

Then press the home button and open the android vnc app you should have downloaded and configure it as explained in previous posts.
[Streak 5 Android Development] scdsone:
upgaded to 11.04 but it broke a lot of packages "software centre, gimp, openoffice"

ive redownloaded the software center & installed totem movie player but theres no sound ill look into tomorrow but now i have to go to work
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
No go... But I have had ADB troubles from day one. I think it might be helpful if someone else could try and post back.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
Updated Ubuntu and Firefox still crashes my phone, except that now it doesn't start boot looping, which is an improvement, I guess...

Open Office is toast along with anything that depends on stuff that is installed with it. I keep getting missing file messages and each time the file starts with OO, which I assume is short for Open Office.

I'll dig out my ubuntu programming guide tonight and see if I can do a "Hello world!" on the phone.

Any advice on squaring away OO?
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Yes, delete the ubuntu file on your SD card and go back to the original for now. I was able to replicate the problems people are having and for me what caused it was not running an update prior to upgrade. I do that as habit and think that is why I had no problems.

Check the first post of this thread, I have a new custom streak specific optimized image that I am trying to figure out how and where to host for download as it is amazing! Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

Edit: Uploading files now. Also added a screenshot in the original post.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
I did this but now the keyboard is messed up. I've been using swipe and it opens up, but when I try to type it comes up as hieroglyphics, so I can't get the shell to open.

Edit: Never mind. A reboot of the phone fixed it.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Cool, will have new ubuntu image up in the next 3 hours for download. It is fully updated and really fast! You will like it and has open office installed. In the upgrade to 11.04 open office is removed as it is no longer supported so I had to do some switching around of sources to keep it installed but this image is a very stable release and I think I will call it Streakbuntu 1.0. Also working on a few other distros at this time and hope to have them done soon also.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
Steakbuntu? Something you can sink your teeth into?

Just no gristle or excess fat, right?
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
HAHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOL no I misspelled... StreakBuntu... Finishing upload now and posting in a few minutes.
[Streak 5 Android Development] Mark X:
Haha!

Looking forward to installling this when I can download.

Awesome job man, well done.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
I cannot wait to get home and download this puppy.

Damn, my wife is going to be pissed that I'm "playing" with the computer and my phone on a Friday night. Oh well...
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
Alternate name.

Ubuntuprime because it will transform your phone. nyuck nyuck nyuck
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Next version will be named that, I promise!
[Streak 5 Android Development] evxus:
I successfully installed ubuntu on streakdroid 1.9 with performance update and overclocked to 1.2GHz and its running superb. Feeling a bit difficult to get used to mouse option but its running really fast.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Try changing the input method if your are using vnc viewer there are a few choices when you do a short menu press on the phones physical menu under input. I use either the first or second one in the drop down menu and it is similar to how we use android now.
[Streak 5 Android Development] evxus:
I am using 2nd option of touchpad. Will it be possile to use external bluetooth mouse? I downloaded the bluetooth software from software centre but it shows no bluetooth adapter.

I started bluetooth on my android interface and paired my mouse and it started working on both android and ubuntu.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
This is an idiot's question, I'm sure, but where are the apps? I can't find anything to click on that brings up an app list.

Edit: Never mind. The emulator was bigger than my screen. I had to scroll the screen down.
[Streak 5 Android Development] cdzo72:
Ok guys, I feel dumb here...

I've downloaded the files 3 times and each time I get errors when I try to unzip.

I'm renaming each file (renaming ubuntu.7z.001 to ubuntu1.7z until I have renamed all 8 of course) but then I get the lovely cannot open errors from WINRar when I try to unzip. What am I missing?

EDit:: My bad, I thought 7z files could be decompressed with WINRar, I'm good to go now with 7zip
[Streak 5 Android Development] chantik:
Dowload StreakBuntu 1.0 is on the way.

Are you sure it work with another distro ? What distro ? I like linuxmint , so can I use this metode for linuxmint ?

Thank's before
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
Uh oh, Angry Birds Seasons won't run properly. I finish the level (win or lose) and the summary screen flashes so fast you wouldn't know what it was if you weren't expecting it then the screen freezes and you have to force close it.

Running the setup described in the first post except a little slower (1.19) and using free options for some of the apps that are recommended.

Edit: restored from nandroid to fresh simplerom1.2 with perfmod. Still doesn't run properly.

Edit: Started clean with a fresh install of simplestreak and no updates and it won't run at all. Maybe the problem is Angry Birds?

Edit: Slowly adding components back. Up to simplestreak, perfmod, Overclock Widget set to 1.19 and

original

Angry Birds and it all works fine. It looks like there is a problem with Seasons.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
Seeing the same thing here. Thanks for the heads up. I also did a fresh install from the market and no go. However Angry Birds Rio works fine oddly enough. May be a problem with angry birds, my other games are working fine, still a shame though. I will do some further testing and see what I can come up with.
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
LinuxMint does not seem to support the ARM architecture at this time though it looks like discussions for it have begun. I am looking at Debian at this point and am working on compiling an image soon.
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
I'm back to where all I need to do is copy the ubuntu files to my sdcard and your described streak has been created. Angry Birds original and Seasons both installed. Original works marvelously and Seasons has the same problem I described earlier. Too bad, it has a ton of levels. Would have been hours of entertainment.

Edit: With nothing more than Busybox, Overclock Widget, Android VNC, Terminal Emulator, Adobe Flash 10.1 and Angry Birds original installed, this thing is amazing. As a test, I started a game of Birds and opened a text editor in Ubuntu. I'm going seamlessly back and forth between the two. I even uninstalled Seasons with them running in the background and picked right up where I left off.

At this moment I am impressed. Still disappointed about Seasons, though.
[Streak 5 Android Development] chantik:
I'm running SimpleStreak 1.2 (without OC but using overclock widget run on 1.19) > run android terminal... > run andro vnc >run ubuntu > run text maker > push home button . And then in android , I'm playing Angry Bird Season, Angry Bird Ori or Angry Bird Rio without problem.

I have more than 70 apps in my Streak
[Streak 5 Android Development] I.Chaos:
Errr...this Ubuntu is running on an emulator...right?
[Streak 5 Android Development] spences10:
Instructions??

What's going on?

I thought there were links and instructions on the first post??

Where they go?
[Streak 5 Android Development] Djinn Moto:
Same question. I was thinking that Tapatalk was error while it didnt display any links on the first post. I intent to see it again tomorrow on Pc.

EN: "with a little help from my Dell"

VI: "với sự trợ giúp của Dell"
[Streak 5 Android Development] :
They are down... Found someone far more talented with Linux who is finishing the work I started and found an investor who is willing to fund the process and create an APK for download in the market. Patient my friend and you will be VERY happy with the end result. Should be in the Market Wednesday as we just got our Google app account set up today and am working on file hosting solution as I type. Big download 1.5GB.
[Streak 5 Android Development] sgood1971:
Oh wow, I am too excited to sleep before Wednesday. I will blame you when my boss gets on me about lost productivity. :D

Serious huge THANK YOU !!!
[Streak 5 Android Development] Mark X:
Free or paid?
[Streak 5 Android Development] Djinn Moto:
One more thing to know: I'm running Simple Streak 1.2 without perfmod and OC, so, am I able to run Ubuntu?

Thanks for your hard working!
[Streak 5 Android Development] borijess:
Hopefully free for xda members. ;-)

Sent from Dell Streak
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
Sponsors reasonably expect to make something out of their investment.

To me that means ads or payment.

Bummer...
[Streak 5 Android Development] dzerveviktory:
granted i'm no legal expert, but I don't think you can actually "sell" ubuntu mobile since it's an open source software to begin with...

http://www.ubuntu.com/project/open-source

Like i said I'm no expert just regurgitating what I've read and attempt to understand

PS Im very excited to try this out lol
[Streak 5 Android Development] marvin02:
Actually the 'freedom' to to sell a GPLed work is one of the things that the GPL guarantees. But derivative works have to be licensed with an a GPL compatible license which means that you can buy it and then redistribute the work for free of you want.

GPL FAQ
[Streak 5 Android Development] dzerveviktory:
Ooo thanks for the clarification! :-)
[Streak 5 Android Development] mid_life_crisis:
I'm going back to stock. My phone is sitting on the desk in front of me at the lock screen and it has at least twice spontaneously rebooted.

During lunch I was playing Angry Birds and at the end of a level it locked up so hard I had to pull the battery.

When it came back up I didn't pick it up and when I finally did, it was frozen on the lock screen with the overclock cranking at 1.19. Sucker was very warm.

I just need to remember the stocker that I liked the best. I think the last one that didn't have any funny behaviors (but was B L O A T E D ) was 351. If I can find it again, I'm going back to that.
[Streak 5 Android Development] Mark X:
Stock 354 was a very smooth rom. Then just root it, slap on a root uninstaller, and rip out the bloat crap. Cook ur own theme, and voila~.

It pulls the same performance as SS1.2 with no mods (about 900).
[Streak 5 Android Development] Egypt1337:
https://market.android.com/details?...oid.Linuxforandroidver1&feature=search_result

I think this is the link. I haven't tried it yet...I wish you would put up the process first and if i like it than ill buy it..
[Streak 5 Android Development] Sistema1927:
Has anybody tried this on a Xoom yet?
[Streak 5 Android Development] Djinn Moto:
It's out today but i couldn't buy it not because the money or free matter, it's because i couldnt buy in my country. So, is there other way to use this?

EN: "with a little help from my Dell"

VI: "với sự trợ giúp của Dell"
[Streak 5 Android Development] sgood1971:
Once downloaded, it tells you to paste a web address into your browser and that page has steps like... Install a, b, c, d then download e, next extract 3, then run c and type y.

I'm in the process of downloading the ubuntu.zip right now and will let you know how it works on my streak. May be a long while though, 1.5gb and my connection here is not so good.
[Streak 5 Android Development] ThinkinBig:
so its not a simple apk install?
[Streak 5 Android Development] sgood1971:
Nope, as far as I can tell, the market download only opens to tell direct you to the how-to website. I don't have a problem with paying them for their work though.

But it does feel a little weird to just get an app that only tells you to copy/paste into a browser for $1.99 and then have to perform all the steps manually.