No, not confused, but you cant make a live Windows distro thats all nice and customized, can you... This my idea that a live linux preconfigured distro would be better. That make a little more since?
On May 16, 9:41 pm, Raphael <[email protected]> wrote: > You seem to have some confusion between the Linux-based kernel used on > the Android devices and the host development system where GNU/Linux is > just one of the choices. > > R/ > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Dan Dugger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > I know you get suggestions all the time, but this one might be a bit > > different. > > > I propose that you make a Live CD or DVD distro with Android and all > > of the SDKs and IDEs already preconfigured to prevent confusion and > > help more people embrace the development of Android apps. > > > I had read that the Linux base used in Android is Debian. I would > > suggest allowing a variety of base OSs such as, Fedora, OpenSuSE, or > > Slackware. My personal choice would be Fedora because of its > > implementation and enforcement of SELinux policies. Allowing people to > > choose their base OS would also encourage people to try new and > > interesting things. Allow for the installation on ROM, include the > > flash utilities, or add the option for installing on the SD card if > > the image is to large. More file system support is needed too. I only > > use Linux and tried formatting my card with ext2, it didn't read in > > the phone. > > > Having OS build options in a Live CD or DVD format could allow for > > just running live or installing on your machine with all the Google > > and OS repositories preconfigured. I'm not saying to dumb it down, but > > simplifying things as much as possible would further your success > > dramatically. > > > Example of a build: > > > 1. New project. All basic components from chosen distro would be > > placed into a temp file for the ROM or SD card. > > 2. Android overlay automatically added. > > 3. Allow selection of additional Linux components such as midnight > > commander, even XWindows and a small GUI like XFCE, or just the base > > KDE or Gnome so apps from those desktops could be accessed in the > > Android interface with an XWindows applet button. > > 4. Size is estimated and if its small enough to fit in ROM, allow > > flash backup of existing ROM and flash of replacement. > > 5. If the size is too large, option to flash to SD card and an > > optional boot loader replacement to allow boot from card. > > > Allow rooting of the OS so people can do debugging in the actual > > environment, or at least root in a VM. Either way I do think all the > > phones should be allowed to be rooted, if it messes something up they > > can reset the ROM. > > > I believe by doing this, people who are non technical would feel less > > intimidated to even try development. Having a preconfigured > > development environment would encourage more people to try Linux as > > well as Android and make the forums less congested with questions > > about configuring the SDK to start with. Integrating video tutorials > > with detailed documentation as well would help people who are newer to > > development. > > > By the way, the Android phones interfere with the Broadcom wireless > > card in my HP laptop. Receive a call, disconnect from wireless, call > > end, reconnect. It is repeatable. > > > Thank you for your time and efforts. > >Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
