Ubuntu for Android

[James Haigh]

On Nov 21, 2012 7:23 PM, "James Haigh" <james.r.haigh at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Nov 20, 2012 1:36 AM, "James Haigh" <james.r.haigh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hmm, but that isn't UfA right? Would I still be able to run Android
apps?
> >
> > Could I perhaps chroot Android onto Ubuntu? Then try to solve hardware
acceleration in Android. If that were possible, it would definitely be
appealing to me as an alternative to UfA.
>
> This actually looks more feasible...
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> Does Ubuntu for Nexus 7 still use full OpenGL?
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> Does the Android emulator have hardware acceleration when run on Ubuntu
for Nexus 7?
>
> If yes to those questions (particularly the 2nd), then it should
theoretically be possible to setup Ubuntu handling the GPU, then pipe
Android's OpenGL ES graphics commands into Ubuntu using the method that the
Android emulator uses to convert OpenGL ES to OpenGL+X11.

Ps. Here is documentation for the method of translation used by the Android
emulator:

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/sdk/+/58f08e38bdba9e7d594802d0e3c9f7f5549382a1/emulator/opengl/DESIGN

Looks good at a glance!

James.

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> James.
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> >
> > And thanks Chris for Freenode/#ubuntu-android. :-)
> >
> > James.
> >
> > On Nov 20, 2012 1:21 AM, "Jordon Bedwell" <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Chris Mosetick <cmosetick at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> > Hi James,
> >> > I too would like to know where to get a Ubuntu for Android phone.
Good find
> >> > on the new video. At the moment, hardware wise it still seems like
vapor.
> >> > Let me know if you find out any details. FWIW, I'm in the U.S., but
I'm all
> >> > about international shipping if I need to go that route. James, join
me in
> >> > #ubuntu-android on Freenode if you would like to exchange more
thoughts
> >> > sometime.
> >>
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation
> >> http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/27/ubuntu-nexus-7-installer/
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