There is actually a tutorial at http://www.debianuserforums.org at
http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2520 which suggests
Debian as an "add on" after rooting a device.


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:27 AM, Daniel Baumann <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11/26/2013 09:00 AM, Faham Shaikh wrote:
> > 1) Which Kernel do I use to support Debian on mobile phones
>
> kernel selection for embedded devices is an art in itself, please ask on
> the respective porter list for help, e.g. [email protected]
> for ARM based devices, or on [email protected].
>
> > 2) How do I make my OS light weight as mobile devices have comparatively
> > lesser memory and needs to be faster.
>
> basically you can do stuff in two areas:
>
>   * optimize for install size: rebuild packages, use already rebuild
>     packages (like emdebian) or trim packages yourself (with chroot
>     hooks) to get rid of unecessary components (such as documentation,
>     l10n, additional binaries, etc.).
>
>   * optimize for runtime speed: rebuild packages without support for
>     things you don't need (i18n, gtk, $whatever), with different
>     compiler options, etc.
>
> both of which are a huge tasks and not a topic here, please refer to
> [email protected] for help with embedded systems.
>
> once you have a proper repository of modified packages ready, we'll be
> here to help you use live-build with it, should you need any.
>
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