Here it goes.. I have had Vista Ultimate installed and running on my desktop four times already.. its only been a year and each time it would crash and give me an error that the kernel gets corrupt and headers don't match.. now .. with that said..
I am a Linux user.. I have my computers running from Xubuntu to LinuxMint..
I tried out Vista and liked it because I got the disc for free straight from Microsoft and figured why not.. it just doesn't stay working for me.. so I reverted back completely to linux..
I understand that active sync is made for windows...
But..is there any alternative for Linux that anybody out there has been using? I would like to install ROMS onto my phone on Linux and wondering if anybody out there has been successful in doing this..
There is a linux rom flasher developed by pof in the development and hacking forum. He has also made a linux rom kitchen. There are many sync programs available (coldsync, kitchensync, etc) if you can get your phone to talk to the OS. A search would have revealed most of this information
its possible to get your phone connected to linux, a little tricky i had it setup once.
try searching google for open sync
My ubuntu Heron Box Gave me a bunch of problems when trying to install Opensync. I've given up on that.
I will try these other options. If anyone would like to share their success stories, please do.
I'm using XDA Diamond with OpenSuse 10.3:
- USB storage and Bluetooth worked instantly
- I successfully created an ad-hoc WLAN connection
- opensync was quite a struggle but is working now well - I'm syncing calendar and contacts with "Kontact"
Perhaps this thread can help, they have been testing since time ago: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=251584
I personally have not tested linux, but hope in the near future Android can be ported on Universal!
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Hi all, I’d like some advice please.
I am still fairly new to all this so please treat me as a noob.
This weekend I removed all traces of Windows from my two computers at home. It is now entirely Linux powered
It is also upgrade time for me with my phone network (02 in the UK) and I’d like to get a phone that syncs up to one contacts list and does email. Wifi is a must, so I was thinking of the 02 xda Orbit, or maybe the Graphite (when it comes out)
I have also recently set up a gmail account. Busy time!
So now I am not sure what the next step is.
If I ran CrossOver office, would I be able to sync contacts/tasks/mails with (either) devices?
Should I just use gmail on the phone? (Trying to get my PST files into Gmail is proving a *massive* headache though!) and it looks like then the phone would have two contact lists? One for email and one for the phone.
Is there a better solution? I am quite happy to run thunderbird/evolution/something else on the computer, and or phone.
Nothing is set in stone here. I am completely flexible.
I am keen to hear whatever you recommend is the best solution.
Thanks in advance,
John
As ActiveSync would require direct access to the USB or Bluetooth, i doubt it unless the APIs are there (not to sure with CrossOver, but its not done for Wine).
Syncing in Linux with WM5 is a pain, at best you'll have to hand compile Synce and the OpenSync plugin, then setup OpenSync and Evolution. I currently export my info to vcal/vcf, do some script fu on them and bluetooth over to my mobile and use SkTools to remove any dupes.
Another option is to have QEMU running with Windows and ActiveSync on, then forward the USB device onto QEMU to use. I had this half working last night but the XP install i've got has issues with loading new drivers, i'll try again tonight
Thanks for that response - very very helpful.
I thought about the idea of using a host operating system, but I was concerned about processor speed and system load.
This would be for a laptop that is a few years old, and a mail client is the sort of thing I'd always have running. I am very keen to hear the results of your XP tests. If QEMU works, it may be the solution.
If not, I guess the alternatives are using a java gmail app on the phone and manually keeping the contacts inline.
Or wait to see what happens with this OpenMoko project.
I custom patched QEMU 0.8.2 with the USB Multi-interface mod (needed to pickup a HTC device) and tried to set it up, Devices is detected in WinXP but then errors like a hardware issue. It'd possibly work with VMWare as you can specifically assign a device to the VM but i dont think QEMU is up to the job quite yet.
Thanks for the update. I'll keep hacking, and if I have any success, I'll post about it here.
cheers
Hi folks,
Well, i've done some searching, and as of yet have failed to locate anything that would work for this. I'm just wondering, is there any way to get Vent on my HD2?
You see, ended up with a little condensation in the comp and it fried what ever is used to control audio to my headset. Id like to use Vent on my phone so I don't bother my wife on my occasional gaming sessions.
Anyone point me in the right direction?
Not going to happen. There was a person that was working on a version but it was a long time ago and it was also only use able with a really old version of Vent. I tried it and it was buggy. The name of it was Centrillo.
The only other option you might be able to look into is booting a linux or Win95 build on the phone and going that route.
Yeah, tried Centrillo but that was a bust.
It looks like our only hope so far is to use one of various Android ports and then try out Mangler or Mumble or something like that.
I have not been able to try this as I have had a strange audio issue on pretty much every Android port i've tried thus far.
I don't suppose anyone that has access to a vent server, an HD2 with working audio on an Android port can try out Mangler and see how that works?
Does Mangler work with Ventrillo or something? You do know you can get ventrillo for free right? the only problem with the free version is you can only have something like 8 people on at once instead of the 32+ for the paid version.
version 3.0.5 is avalable for 95 if you where to boot it onto hd2 also it looks like a linux version is coming out....
http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php
Client programs
Windows i386 - 32bit - Win2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7 (Version 3.0.5)
Windows x64 - 64bit (Version 3.0.5)
Windows 9x - 95/98/ME (Version 3.0.5)
Mac OSX 10.4 or higher - 32bit (Version 3.0.7)
Linux - In development
if anyone else has any ideas or info let me no im interested on how far this can be devolped
x
EDIT: oh i found this lol posted in 2005, scrap the linux idea? http://forum.ventrilo.com/showthread.php?t=7071
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Well I was able to load Mangler onto my Android build. The only issue with trying it right now is to change over the server I use to a newer version above 3.x because Mangler only works with the newer builds.
I want to start development of roms and apps for android phones and tablets. But I'm in the market for a new computer considering the one I have is issued to me through work and I don't want to run it down with extra drivers and such. What kind of machine do I want/need? Will a laptop suffice? Desktop preferred? And then after that point, what programs are out there to kick start the dev process? Thank you ahead of time for your responses. XDA forever!
Well, if you get a laptop, you're not chained to a desk, and Linux is basically the father of Android, so I would recommend a laptop with a disc drive, and installing a GNOME-based distro of Linux (such as Ubuntu or Linux Mint). If you need to, you can always dual-boot with Windows.
Swyped from my HTC Desire running Oxygen 1.0.4 with Tapatalk.
The Android SDK can be downloaded here
http://developer.android.com/index.html
Versions exist for Windows, Mac and Linux, but as mentioned above it will probably be a little less hassle under a Linux distro, and also it is gratis! There are loads of samples and tutorials on the above site.
Thanks guys. I didn't think anyone would ever reply to this after awhile. I've wiped my old Toshiba and installed Windows 7 Ultimate for now. But I've been toying with the idea of running Ubuntu.
My job requires me to use a whole arsenal of native Linux penetration tools. I carry a laptop running backtrack Linux, has all the tools I need, and is ready to go right out of the box.
I thought I would bring over these tools to my phone, and maybe save me some time.
The end result being an update.zip or rom security pros aswell as average android user can flash to thier phone. And have these utilities at there fingertips to check network vulnerabilities without downloading a linux distro and tracking down libraries dependencies , etc.
I just started working on this today. So far I have netcat and some other basic tools working. My main goal is to port the more advanced tools such as nmap, ettercap, metasploit and the aircrack-ng suite. Im aware some of these utilities wont be able to be ported. We won't know till we try .
Im looking for people to help get this off the ground and see how far we can take it.
What do you guys think? Wouldnt it be nice to run a script and find out if your wifi network and computers connectd are secure?
Shoot me a pm if you want to join in
While I wish you the best, I know aircrack has always been that intangible gem. Always getting so close to full functionality but not quite. Though those were the early days and HW and Android has came a long way since then. Have you seen some of the older threads on aircrack? Might be some helpful info in there if you run into any issues.
I wish you the best on that one. You said all the others were running fairly well though?
There was a guy that actually got backtrack running on our phones in its entirety, not everything worked right but it was cool. Not sure where to find his stuff though as that was months ago.
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So in this thread it tells you how to install pc operating systems like windows and linux on the Evo 3D.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459153
This, is freaking awesome. This one is a big breakthrough.
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Here is the thread in the Nook Color forums for ubuntu on the device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1055954
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These two threads are native installs, not using some client to access the installation, the device itself is the client as it should be.
This is not some chrooted virtual OS simulation, but the real deal installed to the device.
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In the back of my mind i've wanted to play with ubuntu installed on the MT4GS, but not a virtual installation I want it installed and running on the device natively.
I definitely don't have the time to do this and a lot i'm trying to do around here even if I wasn't in my busy season for work.
Dropping this information so I can find it later when I do get to trying to get ubuntu (and now windows XP looks like a possibility) installed on this device.
If anyone else feels like looking into this, here's a good place to start. If anyone comes across any other projects that are the real deal and not virtual installs please post links here.
Have fun!
Blue6IX said:
So in this thread it tells you how to install pc operating systems like windows and linux on the Evo 3D.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459153
This, is freaking awesome. This one is a big breakthrough.
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Here is the thread in the Nook Color forums for ubuntu on the device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1055954
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These two threads are native installs, not using some client to access the installation, the device itself is the client as it should be.
This is not some chrooted virtual OS simulation, but the real deal installed to the device.
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In the back of my mind i've wanted to play with ubuntu installed on the MT4GS, but not a virtual installation I want it installed and running on the device natively.
I definitely don't have the time to do this and a lot i'm trying to do around here even if I wasn't in my busy season for work.
Dropping this information so I can find it later when I do get to trying to get ubuntu (and now windows XP looks like a possibility) installed on this device.
If anyone else feels like looking into this, here's a good place to start. If anyone comes across any other projects that are the real deal and not virtual installs please post links here.
Have fun!
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Regardless of what impression you may have, it is ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to run MSWin on ARM hardware natively. The reason for this is that MSWin is x86 and ARM is... ARM. The approach used in the first link is to use BOCHS (pronounced "Box"), which is a VIRTUAL HARDWARE EMULATOR. It requires a host operating system to be functioning in the background, in this case Linux.
As for Ubuntu... well sure. No problem. Its Linux and the phone runs Linux. Not that big of a stretch to replace the Android parts with GNU.
Note that NONE of this is any kind of "great breakthrough". Bochs has been around for a VERY long time. First OPEN SOURCED in early 2000. Yeah, 12 years ago. As for Ubuntu... well I suppose that the main reason that most people aren't making a native android replacement out of ubuntu, is that not many people are all that interested in it. Cute in theory, but not practical.
What would be a more worthy project would be to upgrade android to GNU libraries and utilities. This would afford us an actually USEFUL balance between the two. Also the ability to run X *through* android without having to do stupid things like VNC. Have the proper interface ***AS AN ANDROID APPLICATION***, leaving Android to work (i.e., phone calls, etc.) while simultaneously offering the standard Linux applications.
My thought though, is that this is becoming less and less important. Firefox is on Android now, the Document foundation has announced LibreOffice for Android -- supposed to be by late 2012 to early 2013... GIMP has no place on Android... That certainly covers the basics.
Appreciate the post. I didn't have time to dig into it too deeply, so took it at face value for the impression I got. Happened to come across it in passing and didn't want to lose track of something vital to the future dev of a project like this on the doubleshot. (but definitely this doesn't belong in the dev section at this time - just clutter there.)
I was hoping people would add to it, especially the way you have, who had more of an understanding of what's going on there - I didn't realize that it was a virtual environment for the windows stuff, but it did seem to good to be true.
Even if no one responded I figured the thread would get pushed down out of the way, but still be here when I got the time to come back to it.
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My reason for running native linux on the device itself is to be able to use the Android SDK and tools without needing a computer to do so. I have 2 of these phones and a Nook Color. The NC has USB host support, so I could plug the doubleshot into it without frying either device. (yes, i'm blending android and linux concepts here - but usb host support in android shows that it's capable of doing it)
Even from one doubleshot to the other I could use wifi adb for a lot of stuff without plugging them into each other through USB and frying the phones. So that would be a victory as well.
The lack of a hardware charging circuit in the doubleshot makes the worry of frying the phones a big deal, power transfer through USB is a big hurdle to jump in management.
Beyond that - the doubleshot is powerful enough on hardware specs to be able to compile a kernel, but that's not gonna happen through a virtual linux install because the overhead is too much. A native install might just be able to do it though. Won't know until I try, but it's worth the work to get to the point of trying, even if it doesn't work out.
The Nook Color probably won't be able to compile a kernel - it's asking too much from a device not really able to handle that.
Getting what I mentioned above to work would mean I could do all my dev work with what fits in my pocket, and let me keep working wherever I am.
I do like the idea of an app to work with this through Android itself - but I don't see how I could use the SDk and variety of user-created tools without a native linux install. Worth pursuing either way though.
If anyone has anything to add, i'd be welcome to hear it. Just understand this is not a project i'm working on or actively pursuing right now - but fully intend to down the line.
Actually blue. There is a thread somewhere that has a step by step on installing ubuntu on gingerbread. I meant to add it when I added the backtrack link. For some reason I didn't, I probably forgot, I actually think the link for it is in the backtrack thread in the sticky.
If I do find it ill let you know.
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