The other day, I had the pleasure of enjoying/installing native Ubuntu on my new EeePad Transformer Android tablet. It’s not complete by any means but the keyboard is working, touchscreen is working, and it’s fairly fast.
For those of you interested in modding your Transformer tablet, you can follow complete step-by-step instructions over at EeePadHacks.net on how to install native Ubuntu on the Transformer.
As some of you may know, I’ve recently picked up a brand, spanking-new Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet. It’s certainly a piece of art and a mean, lean machine that can do lots of things including running Ubuntu alongside Android Honeycomb dubbed “Tabuntu”.
For those of you who want to install Ubuntu on the Tab 10.1, you can check out my full step-by-step directions over at GalaxyTabHacks.com on How to install Ubuntu on Galaxy Tab 1
Did you know I (Max) was the first person ever in the world to put Ubuntu running on “top of” an Android device? Other people probably figured it out soon or later but I did think of doing it first. *patonmybackhaha
Yesterday I had the pleasure of putting Ubuntu on my G2 Phone and even started a new site dedicated to running Ubuntu and linux alongside with Android devi
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Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of installing Ubuntu on my Nexus One Android phone. Basically, this hack let’s you run Ubuntu as a virtual machine under your Nexus One Android phone.
Why? This will give you access to millions of existing programs on Ubuntu linux plus your phone is now capable of doing so much more like being able to crack WEP, server web pages, and a whole lot more.
Anyways, IR
Today I was setting up my Android SDK on my laptop’s Ubuntu so I figured also to show others how easy it is to setup Android SDK on your Ubuntu or Debian using commands apt-get, tar, and wget.
For those of you who want to setup Android SDK so you can start using ADB commands or root your Android smartphone, you will need to first install Java run-time on your Ubuntu/Debian.
First, open up a terminal and put yourself into “root” mode so you don’t have to keep typing sudo in front of everything:
sudo /bin/bash
Now, let’s install Java r
Kevin Purdy at Lifehacker blog has written a short 10-minute Ubuntu setup guide over at ITWorld.com. For those of you unfamiliar with Ubuntu but tired of Macs and Windows, you might want to check it out.
Also, I am running Ubuntu myself right now, it didn’t take me too long, you can refer to my guide on how to install Ubuntu via USB flash drive. (or use
For those of you with a PC or even a Mac that runs on Windows or Linux, you are in luck as you will be able to add a simple IR circuit that will allow you to remotely control your computer via a remote control!
Now, the greatest part about this project is that the IR program is provided free of charge via WinLIRC (for Windows) or LIRC (for Linux).
This could be a great simple hack for your new media PC TV if you don’t have any kind of IR remote control capability yet.
LIRC is
