Ruben, I was able to install the double boot, and ubuntu touch. But when I ran the script http://ubuntu.activitycentral.com/install_sugar_on_nexus_7.sh , a side effect, (verified a second install), was that the ubuntu dash app lens became inoperative, and I was never able to figure out how to re-initialize it properly, so that I could find and run the "terminal" app.
I was able to get a root shell via adb, (after scratching my head for a while because ubuntu returns a different USB device, and needs a new udev rule to properly select a driver). I really need terminal on the nexus, in order explore, and to start the sugar desktop. Do you have ideas about re-initializing the dash app local lens? (or maybe I don't know what's needed -- I need to correct the symptom that the app search mechanism does not display "terminal" as a choice). Thanks, George On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Ruben Rodríguez <ru...@activitycentral.com > wrote: > 2013/9/11 George Hunt <georgejh...@gmail.com>: > > I have a nexus, and I'm anxious to learn how to swap out OS, reload > stuff, > > etc. > > The first step is to install Ubuntu on it, you can follow this howto: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation > > But I recommend following the procedure to install Multirom to have > dual boot instead: > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011403 > The only downside is that it seems to interfere with Android system > updates, so you need to upgrade your Android rom manually after that. > > Backup and be patient, it takes some time. > > When you have ubuntu running on the nexus, activate the > on-scren-keyboard (small icon on the top bar), open the terminal, > install ssh and connect to it. Become root and run this script: > r > > This will set some configs, install a bunch of packages including > Sugar, and install some activities as well. > > There are some bugs (mainly in the journal) I'm working in, but it is > already pretty usable. Please report your findings! :) > > > Does Ubuntu talk directly to the hardware? > > Yes. The first part of the procedure installs ubuntu in the android > storage space (a file containing a disk image with ubuntu inside). The > bootloader then is able to run it instead of android by using kexec. > This means there is no emulation, you use Ubuntu as if it was > installed on the machine by itself, and no Android software runs > alongside it. > > > If so, how much variation is there in the hardware? If most tablets are > based on arm SOC's, this might > > work across many hardware platforms. > > There is a lot of variation between SOC's, in particular you will have > to fight with the graphics support, the bootloader, the power > management... > A recent Linus rant on the topic:https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/9/9/562 > "I hope that ARM SoC hardware designers all die in some incredibly > painful accident" > > In any case with more or less effort we can make sugar work on any > machine that already runs GNU/Linux. In the case of the nexus I > understand Canonical and Google partnered to make it work as a > development exercise. But new arm devices running > standard-non-android-distros appear every day, and several platforms > are already becoming popular, so it is a path worth exploring. > > -- > Rubén Rodríguez > Activity Central: http://activitycentral.com > > Facebook: https://activitycentral.com/facebook > Google+: https://activitycentral.com/googleplus > Twitter: https://activitycentral.com/twitter >
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