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[General Topics] alchemygear:
I know the things i proposed will take time but one issue I am having is the small partion it creates. I tried expanding the partion to the whole disk but it just shrinks it down again. As i said I hate LXDE and would like to put a different desktop enviroment but most take up more space than given. How do you expand the partion size I need more space to work with I need 12 gigs. Lastly I really want linux to be the only sytem on my tablet, I hate android, I full linux tablet is my dream so not resorces are waisted on android. Thanks for taking the time to read my post and comment on it, I look foward to see the progress you make and I look forward to testing it.
[General Topics] alchemygear:
Thanks for the speedy response, first dont worry I have bricked my tablet, hard and deep a few times and figured out the secret to fixing it. I have to use my wifes computer and Pheniox Suit(she has windows and I cant fast boot my tablet as its a chinese tablet that has something like a rockchip which needs speacial softwar) to fix it but all I have to do is power down by holding the power key for 12 seconds, then pugin in too the computer with home pressed and then while home and power for 12(my tablets weird not 10 12 ?) seconds and then clicking the flash firmware button in the software even though its says no device detected it force flashes the rom everytime. My tablet only has 2 keys home and power. I will have to play around with the formating methods as I have tried what you said a few times but cant seem to get it right. I have been useing gparted as it has done well for me in the past few years, if you have a sugestion as to something better or point me to a guide for using the command line(im not affraid of it, it gives so mutch more power and controll). Thanks again for interacting with me and being knowedgeable about what your doing, I can't count how many sites and forums I have been to that have either no resoponses or just bull**** me because they dont really know what there doing and want to seem smart. I know I have years to learn about linux itself mutch less tablets eventhough I have been on linux for about 10 years(anyone who uses linux knows there is no end to what you have to learn).
[General Topics] alchemygear:
Some nice reading you provided. With linux on arm my major issue is that there is not a lot of support for 4 core proccesors yet or so I have been told. The full flash ubuntu is for duel core prossesors so no luck for me. Thanks again for continuing to update and inform on a not so well know system.

Here is the build of my device http://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?benchmark=gfx27&D=Onda+V812+Core4&testgroup=system. It has all the details.
[General Topics] ramsuresh4:
Dear Mr.SoAndSo and All,

Mr.SoAndSo, you are updating the thread well. Greetings.

I can't solve my 'dpkg interrupted' error in 2GB Ubuntu Lucid Version. So, I uninstalled that and downloaded, installed New 2GB, Ubuntu Precise through 'Debian Kit'. Installed, Libre office, Synaptic, Epiphany browser. But, Epiphany design is not good for me, compared to firefox, Iceweasel. If I try to install, Iceweasel through 'apt-get', It asks to install firefox. But, you know that, firefox, chromium didn't work.

Anyway I enjoy this OS. I have attached the screenshots here. :)

Thanks.

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[General Topics] retroben:
Hate to necropost,but I am stuck at selecting the premade qcow2 image on ShieldTV with version 2.11 armv8 64bit because it only has "Documents" listed which doesn't show the qcow2 file and "None" is the only other option.

I stumbled on a post in Geforce forums in the Shield TV subforum that someone said Limbo was surprisingly fast.

Edit: Found the solution which was to pick "Documents" and select SHIELD on the left pane which shows all file types. DERP

Hope this helps others who get stuck in this way.
[General Topics] lentas:
i can use debian with my a52s 5g using limbo
[General Topics] lentas:
idk, i never got that
[General Topics] Lubo99:
guys having snapdragon 8 gen2 on samsung s9 ultra i am trying to determine what limbo to use x86 or power pc or arm? trying to run debian arm 64bit. window opens-booting from disk is there for like 15 minutes then I lose patience and close it nothing happens...
[General Topics] Lubo99:
hi mate which limbo? powerpc? arm? and what image of debian you have? if you could paste your settings it would be appreciated.cheers
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
For your errors when I put "solved" and your error in Google search I get list link with much in the way of possible answers.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1532208

I have work for money to get to today but I'll be back.

As far as browsers are concerned: I've not tested many other than the ones that come stock with the distro. Though in the past on slower machines I've had a lot of luck with 'opera' it doesn't support flash in most places and last I used it there was no video support for streaming, however, those limitations actually result in a slightly peppier browser experience for general web reading. The other thing you could look into are the other browsers' dependencies and settings as they may be misconfigured for DNS and IP forwarding though the andriod's system. And as far as Iceweasel wanting to install Firefox as well; I think under the 'hood' they may be the same program with extra plugins to make it work on our round about system, because when I was looking round in the folder structure on debian I found Firefox labeled things and foolishly removed them thinking "I've got Iceweasel; what am I waisting this for?" And afterwards I couldn't get Iceweasel to make a connection. So I would try what apt-get is telling you and after running apt-get update you should be fine.

Love the screen shots; keep 'em coming. I'll have to get around to putting some up too.

Welcome, I'm here to help but don't forget the power of a google search like this : solved [issue specificity that you're having] : I don't usually ever have to dig past the first page for an answer.

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Debian Kit Install guide for all

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240397

Or

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssVeIhdBuuy8CtpBP1lWgUkG6fR6oHxP20ToYPPw6zI/edit?usp=drive_web
[General Topics] ramsuresh4:
Thanks for your answer. I will check that.

Sorry, I didn't put the correct words in google before. Always I try Google for maximum, but this time, I didn't.

Best wishes.

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[General Topics] S0AndS0:
Check it I added a link for us to all edit togeather if you all so wish.

Hey it's all good, we be learning here (and it will help other readers learn without all the typing :))

note: that I may sound quick in text formatted communications when in actuality I'm just jovial and deadpan in my delivery :)

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UPDATE FOR ALL

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added link to a copy of the document that I've been writing and copying over to this thread

Public Editable doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CIkOT7iX62z8fpDckoYCw48UtIImjhzG6IJN6E6Qe2E/edit?usp=sharing

this has full editing and adding options enabled for all that have of follow the link, here we can all add to the different sections in an organized fashion, pleas be kind to it and document your changes in such a way that I can update the main document for content changes and additions from you all. This is because it is apparent that I as one person will not have all the answers but that doesn't mean you all have to suffer, instead we can use the public editable document to add and complete sections together and use the main document as a final-ruff-draft of all the solutions and steps that do work. I will be trying to maintain continuity between these, now, three sources of information.

Hope this helps and will allow for increased speed towards solutions.

I'm off to make some money now, back with more latter.
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
checked out the link you provided, neat website, bookmarked, and I'll be seeing what else they have. Mainly the linux build that your looking for then would have armeabi-v7a full compatibility, but as there are so many arm builds out there the likelihood of 'full compatibility' may be a little out of reach. However as you have a v7 and its arm those should be the more important numbers to look for in a list of compatible devices, furthermore with such verbose information of your hardware specs why not; just build a rom and kernel that are fully linux on your device and flash it like any android rom... could be amazing, but as there are teams of linux users trying to do something similar you may just be able to ride their coat tails just as I ride others to solutions. I'll see if I can't free up some time to post links to guides for some of these subjects as I've run across them in the past but never really had any need to memorize all the minutia of subject matter, dependencies, and limitations.
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
UPDATED sections

check the update section and table of contents I'm working on a lot but I got ya all a mid week update to the thread here :)

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Last update for today, new mini guides have been added to the main Google doc section 7 check it for a sneak peak before I update how to connect one device to another though RDP before I update the thread here again.
[General Topics] alchemygear:
Thanks so mutch for giving me the idea of building and flashing and if you did take the time to post me some guides to do it, I would be very gratefull. I have never done that before but I love to learn new linux stuff and will spend weeks to months learning it. I dont like to hit the forums and post untill I have spent a long time researching it, so I don't have to ask the same questions a million other people have already asked. Looking forward to those guides when you have time, and thanks again so mutch for taking the time to help me. When I figure all this out I might make my own guide and of course I will credit you for that.

Just remember I can't put my tablet in fastboot mode I can only force flash with phenoix suit in windows with my wifes computer. Maybe I can build the .img in linux and use pheniox suit to flash it.
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
Check it alchemygear, looks like I found a combo guide, involves linux and building a phone environment, could be used on tablets possibly.

COMPILE From Source For Any Phone On Linux Distros [BUILD ENVIRONMENT TO COMPILE]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2060017

Know what you mean by months spent on linux learning, and reading before posting, think the original draft of this guide was more than 3 months old before I even considered posting a version, and even after I searched for something similar in complication level but nothing really did it for me. I'll be still hunting and running across other useful links and posting them (eventually in the main doc if their 'generally' informative). Hey if you figure out how to build custom linux that can be flashed on to arm I'd hope you post some kind of guide that be fancy.

I'll be keeping that in mind, not really a tablet user just yet. But I'd like to fix that at some point. As far as linux vers windows, if its important I use the most supported OS and if it's general coding I'll kick on a VM session and toss linux distros around till I find one that works well and set up remote access so that I can be coding though the phone that I'm about to flash (bit perverse if these things had consiouseness) to show it who's :)

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UPDATE to all

making modifications to main doc, section 4 has been re organized some. Might modify the numbering system in other sections to enable easier searching though document for specific tasks and a continuity to the way that it reads. I've got money to make latter today but I'll be working on adding some more content to the doc throughout.

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Debian Kit Install guide for all android devices that I'm writing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240397

Or

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssVeIhdBuuy8CtpBP1lWgUkG6fR6oHxP20ToYPPw6zI/edit?usp=drive_web
[General Topics] alchemygear:
Thanks for the guide I would still like something a little less compicated but as always you do a great job finding what I am looking for. Firmware building is a little out of my knowledge circle, I will work on it though. I look forward to your posts and learning new things to do with my tablet. I know I may be flamed for this but I hate android, I have worked with over a hundred different operating sytems over the past 14 years and android is not the worst but its not at the top either, I will always be a linux man(I don't consider something not fully open and free source linux and android is not 100% Ubuntu is not mutch better, sadley it used to be my favorite now I like Linux Mint, Fedora and of course Debian #1 on my list the only reason I am not using it is at the moment it no driver support for my sound card).

My device was not supported, the guide was mostly for phones and more popular tablets. One day I will flash my tablet with the LInux of my choosing like a mini pc, that is my dream a handheld desktop.
[General Topics] alchemygear:
I agree that android is new and I have had some experience with other mobile os's too and it is a large step above. I just wish they would have used a prexisting os but I know thats not how you make money even if i dont like it. I love loop holes and the java thing sounds interesting. Back in the day I never thought java would last this long but to my surpise its still here. I guess all we can do is wait and see what happens, who knows maybe at some point one of the linux distrabutions will release a natvie arm img that you just flash like updateing you firmware but with all the different hardware combinations that day may never come.
[General Topics] alchemygear:
Instead of using java coud you cut out all adroid prossess and use a vmware. Then run linux with it or is java the best option as far as system resources go.
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
Most certianly you can run it all in a VM, its just going to be on the slower side. I only sugest the java side for emulating processor spisific tasks as its one of the lightest-wate was I've seen to do such things, most of linux though (the parts that I've played with on arm) have been prossesor idependent, meaning most things you're going to run into will run nativly on mobile. There is also a branch of wine that can now be installed but last I checked the arm version was still under hevy developement. Further more, if you run all VM on android you'll likely be forced to also allow more of the android OS to chub up what memory your device has.

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"it never hurts to help"

link to guide for Debian Kit I'm working on for you.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssVeIhdBuuy8CtpBP1lWgUkG6fR6oHxP20ToYPPw6zI/edit?usp=sharing
[General Topics] alchemygear:
My wife is going to buy me a new tablet to repay me for getting her a new laptop a while back. I want something thats going to allow me easly go into fastboot mode as that is my major issue with my onda. I would like some suggestions as to a tablet known to work well running debian, fedora, or ubuntu. The budget is around 250 dollars. I want a quad core and at least 1 gig of ram (more if possible though I know it may be out of my price range). I would like for it to be at least a 10 inch screen. I love my onda but its just to limited for what I want it to do its so locked up. S0AndS0 I know your not well versed with tablets as with phones but I trust your opinion as you have been very helpfull and I have learned a lot from you. If anyone here has a sugestion I would appriciate it, my onda is only the 2nd tablet I have owned so if someone has more experience please help.
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
Ah you do have way with words ser :)

I've found that HTC with the sOff and sOn to be very difficult to brick when doing bad things to it's operating system so long as I don't go and sOff it.

I've found Samsung with their hardware support (within the community and from the company its self too) and the forward thinking to their hardware's functions make them one of my favourites.

I'll be posting my methods for my own upgrade research in a bit. Got family and stoof. But a sneek peek is using google's search results totals. To compaire compaints and solutions of three or four specific devises that you've nerroed down from all the others out there...more to come latter

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Debian Kit Install guide for all android devices that I'm writing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240397

Or

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssVeIhdBuuy8CtpBP1lWgUkG6fR6oHxP20ToYPPw6zI/edit?usp=drive_web
[General Topics] alchemygear:
Can you recomend a samsung tablet, I am a fan of the brand. I saw a few but would like to know the one in my price range.
[General Topics] ramsuresh4:
Dear Mr.SoAndSo,

Please help.

I have installed 'gnome-desktop-environmer.' [Gnome] through synaptic in 2GB ubuntu precise system. After this , I have 50 MB only left in memory. I know gnome need more disk memory. But, in curiosity I installed Gnome. Also, synaptic removed 'andromize-lxde'. Now I want to ask, how I can switch gnome [start gnome GUI]?. Because still, Lxde Gui opens and other applications, games of Gnome found in Lxde Gui. Also, Is it possible now to resize the 'debian.img' to 4 GB or more for Gnome ?

I tried in google, but I didn't get good results.

If you busy, then please answer in your free time. :)

Thanks.

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[General Topics] alchemygear:
The google nexus 7 is the no brain awnser but its to small and underpowered for me. I know that tablet are not you expertese and thanks for being honest about that. I have been researching like crazy, I wont be getting it till next month so I have time.
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
I've got a friend with one of those, their not into rooting so their uses of it are limited, however they seem to like it just fine. I agree that it is under powered for some uses but atleast when I searched it on XDA there was plenty of documentation.

No problem; I'm not one to willingly mislead a someone asking directions, if I don't know and I admit it then we can both learn :)

Good deal; hope to hear/read what ya chose.

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Debian Kit Install guide for all android devices that I'm writing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240397

Or

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssVeIhdBuuy8CtpBP1lWgUkG6fR6oHxP20ToYPPw6zI/edit?usp=drive_web
[General Topics] alchemygear:
I realy want the nexus 10 but its about a hundred dollars out of my price range. I saw a few different tablet on tigerdirect I just can't decide. I will let you know which one I get. Maybe someone here can help me pick one.

These are the ones Im looking at right now.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7999844&CatId=6838

http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Excit...ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1367262989&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Xperia-9...ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1367263255&sr=1-5

Im leaning tward the sony xperia its got a lot of internal memory, its got its own flashing tool, and I can get it for about half of the normal cost by getting a used one.
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
On the tablets discussion; the sony looks like one that I would look at further.

On the instructions with partitioning android internal storage; of course take it at your speed. I'd suggest looking round for a guide similar to the one I suggest as there will likely be some good info that I failed to mention.

On the topic of the main guide; progress had a few mishaps: corrupted my install of debian squeeze; tried a different method to install Ubuntu using a different device to do the install than the one that I planed to run it on… unfortunately I receive partition addressing errors and the usual "broken pipe" errors with both Ubuntu and Lenny, got squeeze back and running again; had life to mix in with all that and progress can now continue on my end with generating more content and updating.

Updates are still pending for the XDA side of the main guide, but work has continued on the doc side of things. I'll be doing the sync up likely after work today. I'll also be looking at making a reduced version or a parted version so loading times on google docs is faster.

Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs

Debian Kit Install guide for all android devices that I'm writing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240397

Or

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssVeIhdBuuy8CtpBP1lWgUkG6fR6oHxP20ToYPPw6zI/edit?usp=drive_web
[General Topics] alchemygear:
I agree that the sony xperia is a great deal a 500 dollars tablet for 261.00 dollars. I hope I have the money before there all gone. Its also very compadible with it has its own flashing progran so it should be unlockable. If anyone here has the sony expireia that I want to get and can atest to wether it can be unlocked please let me know before it i buy it.
[General Topics] lamb69:
thank's for this guide
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
Multi parter comment with extra comments

Sounds like a great product, hope it works out. By chance is that the one that has an external memory option such as a sd card? Because if so then it would work great with having a partition set up for linux to boot off of. The other thing ya might be interested in is running a real linux os over USB boot with an Android device; I've seen some interesting documentation about using a phone or tablet as just a USB storage and booting a pc from it, Potentially if the install is set up correctly you may be able to boot the os on the device too with QEMU natively as well when away from your computer and still maintain persistence... thought it might catch your eye, let me know if I need to provide links :)

You are welcome.

Feel free to comment and add your own spin to things when you're up and running with this system.

Thanks all
[General Topics] alchemygear:
I decided to get the Asus Transformer because its supported by Ubuntu. I also got it cause I love Asus my desktop also has an Asus motherboard. They even have a guide and the img files for my exact tablet when I get it and get ubuntu on it I will let you know how it goes.
[General Topics] S0AndS0:
Sweet, are you going to try the open stack as well? If you're going through all the trouble to have Ubuntu, might as well shoot for the stars seeing as how you'll be able to follow an openstack guide with full compatibility with that set up :)

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"it never hurts to help"

link to guide for Debian Kit I'm working on for you.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssVeIhdBuuy8CtpBP1lWgUkG6fR6oHxP20ToYPPw6zI/edit?usp=sharing
[General Topics] alchemygear:
Im not sure, but I will figure that out when it gets here. I would love to put fedora on it but right now ubuntu is the most compadible linux sytem and most suported. Can you tell me more about open stack and why I would want to use it.