Can you be more specific?
On May 18, 11:28 am, Fred Grott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes you are confused..
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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
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