[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Guitarman:
***Easy method to run Ubuntu on the Kindle Fire (1st Gen)***

Hello folks, I have put together a simple guide to run Ubuntu 12.04 on the Kindle Fire. I decided to do this because if I would have known about a simple guide to run Ubuntu it would have made my life easier a few months ago. This method does not take very much knowledge and experience, just follow a few simple steps.

There are two simple requirements to get started initially:

1.) The application called "Complete Linux Installer" found on the Play Store free of charge

2.) 2.5GB of free space on your SD card partition

After you meet those simple requirements it's time to fire up the Complete Linux Installer app. Within the app itself it has steps to follow but if you're like me it might for some reason become complicated.

Ok, here we go:

Step 1.) Open app and select "Install Guides"....then proceed to "Ubuntu 12 Install Guide". You will see a message about compatability issue with ROMs and kernals (I am currently using a CM7 ROM with IR's kernal and it works fine) and also a message stating that ADB must be enabled for use. It also reminds you to have at least 2.5GB free on SD. Continue on to the next screen :)

Step 2.) Now you are at the point of downloading the Ubuntu image itself and two apps needed to finish out the process. When you select "Download Ubuntu Image" it will give you the option of downloading either the large, small or core. I've only tried this method using the small image, (roughly 400MB to be downloaded). It will direct you to the website Source Forge so you might want to use a browser that will actually download the large .zip file. Now download the Android Terminal Emulator and the Android VNC Viewer app from the Google Play Store. You're now ready for step 3! :)

Step 3.) It's time to decompress that large .zip file which can be very tedious in a way. The .zip should contain two files: the Ubuntu.img and Ubuntu.img.md5 file. Place these into a folder on the root of your SD card, I usually use a folder called Ubuntu, go figure. The Complete Linux Installer app will also explain this in the step on the app after the download screen.

Step 4.) Time to run Ubuntu! You can either use the Complete Linux Installer widget called "One Click Boot Ubuntu" or from the main selection screen of the app by hitting the "Launch" button. If you launch Ubuntu from the widget it will initially ask for the path of the image itself....ex: on my Kindle the path would read /mnt/sdcard/Ubuntu/Ubuntu.img

When you launch the image, the Terminal Emulator will automatically load up and it will say "Validating Image Checksum" for a few seconds. This is also explained in the Linux Installer app. If you get the message about the file being corrupt than either something in the decompression process or downloading went wrong. Re-download the image.

After the Terminal verifies the image it will ask "Start VNC server?", of course hit "y".......the SSH server is optional and then it should ask for your desired resolution....the Kindle Fire has a 1024x600 Res but you can put any you want. Remember whenever you want to terminate the session, just type "exit" in the Terminal Emulator.

Step 5.) Setting up the VNC Viewer is the last step! Go into Android VNC Viewer and set the parameters. Start with New connection, give it a nickname, password must be "ubuntu", your local IP address, port 5900, set color to 24 and now you're finally ready to hit "Connect" and load up the Ubuntu environment!

Using this method to access Ubuntu is very deterimental on battery life. This is my first descriptive guide on XDA so please give feedback and maybe some tips and pointers.