Kubuntu as 'host' and Android as 'guest': any experience at this list?

[Bas G. Roufs]

Hello Everybody. 

Is there anybody at this list who: .......
+...  manages to somehow use some recent version of Kubuntu as as a 
'host',together with some version of Android as guest?  
+... wants to share his or her experience here?
If your answer to both questions is 'yes', please, read on.

The exact version of Android is only of secondary importance to me. At this 
moment, I am trying 'Android 4.4. for the Eee PC Family'. However, I am happy to 
use any other version. The exact way to host Android is also of limited 
importance - at his moment, I am trying VirtualBox. However, I am also happy to 
use  'KDE Connect' or any other method. 

A few times, I  fruitlessly tried to to get started with Android within VirtualBox 
along the lines of this manual:

> http://www.howtogeek.com/164570/how-to-install-android-in-virtualbox/

Other things possibly useful to know:
* Host OS: an up-to-date Kubuntu 14.04 LTS system;
* Guest OS tried so far:  Android 4.4. Kitkat for the 'Eee PC Family'
* Hardware: Asus Eee PC Flare series, 4 GB RAM, 1.6 Ghz processor,  320 GB HD.

So far, I have been using a few strategies.

First of all, I simply have been following the standard path way I usually follow 
inside Android: early log-in into my gmail account.

Additionally, I have skipped the login in the early phase; by choosing  a  'not now' 
option, I do manage to get into the Android system and even to prevent that 
platform from 'sleeping'. 

However, both strategies fail in the end as soon as I try to sign into my Gmail 
account. One persistent problem prevents me from doing anything beyond the 
sign-in moment. I simply do not manage to  transfer the WIFI connection I am 
using, to the virtual Android system - this prevents me from using 'Google Play' - 
the app repository of Google. Both Kubuntu and VB do detect the (WIFI) 
internet connection I am using, however, Android not. According to the manual 
at 'Howtogeek', the internet connection should also work by simply skipping the 
WIFI turn-on option in Android - however, this is not the case. 

At this point, a few questions spring to my mind.

Is there anything else I can do to go beyond this deadlock?

Secondly, take a look at the hardware specs I have summarised above. Is 'Virtual 
Box' at all possible at such a machine? Is it perhaps better to install Android at 
one of the empty partitions at my machine?

Finally for now - so far, I have been trying this version:
Android 4.4. Kitkat for the 'Eee PC Family'.
However, I am happy to use any other recent version instead.

Thanks for considering my questions. Have a nice day.

Respectfully Yours,

Bas G. Roufs. 


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Bas G. Roufs
Utrecht, NL, EU.
E.: bas at basroufs.eu, M./SMS: +31 6 446 835 10.


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