Run Ubuntu on your Android Phone!

This is a video of me running a full Ubuntu shell on my Android phone, including an X Windows desktop.

For a tutorial on how to install the basic shell (the command prompt thing), go to
http://gautampk.me/?p=48
A tutorial for the X Windows bit is in the works as well :).

Thanks to,
ShootMe from the Android Market, for the Android screencast software.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• phone
• mobile
• cell
• android
• linux
• ubuntu
• shell
• debian
• full
• terminal
• honeycomb
• gingerbread
• froyo
• unix
• xorg
• server
• windows
• x11
• lxde
• gnome
• kde

[vyomsmart]

can i go back to android

[GFPPgk007]

@vyomsmart Yep, just press the 'Home' button on your phone, and open the app to access Ubuntu again. Or reboot to shut it down fully.

[ranjanalva007]

Fake... !!! He s using VNC..

[GFPPgk007]

@ranjanalva007 It is a VNC connected to a locally running X Server running through a chrooted Ubuntu partition.

I can assure you, its not fake. Stop being ignorant and Google it ;)

[extremepickle]

Can you run program like a music making program on it

[GFPPgk007]

@extremepickle Probably not, the phone would crash ;)

[1717swanny]

So that did help, but now it says "can't execute 'bin/bash': no such file or directory." Any tips?

[TheGamer204]

@GFPPgk007 Ok but this Android isn't running directely Ubuntu ... And why use a X Server in order to run VNC ?

[drkcaey]

@GFPPgk007 Hi! I would like to get a phone specially to run Ubuntu. I've intended to replace the Android with Ubuntu. As for the phone, I'm looking at the Motorola Devour, due to budge constraint, do you think this is feasible enough? What are your thoughts? Will it work well enough, as I will be using it to access the internet to do cloud stuff. I'm totally new to this, please advise me. :)

[ultrabot90]

Please help. What should I do if I want to get an Android device, remove Android from it, and install a phone distro of Linux?

[trumansnare]

Can no longer install openssh and tightVNCserver….

Neither of these will install because the packages that its trying to download are no longer on the website. Its trying to fetch openssh-server_5.1 which isn’t even on their site anymore.

No matter what I do, I cant get past this point because it just keeps trying to fetch old files that no longer exist.

/super frustrated….

Any idea on how I can get past this?