> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Mark Woodward > > Linux Access - I have to be able to get below the Android front to run > ssh and stuff.
Beware. Calling android "linux" is like calling OSX "netbsd." Or like calling Windows 7 "VMS." (Well, the windows-vms connection is a stretch, although the NT kernel does have components that trace all the way back to VMS, or so folk legend and falsification would have you believe.) Yes, android runs on a linux kernel. But nowadays, what doesn't? It's entirely unlike any linux you've ever seen or heard of. It doesn't even have a /bin or /sbin or /usr directory... No gcc, no python or perl or vi or emacs or X11 or anything. I don't suggest trying terribly hard to use it in a way it wasn't intended to be used. You can install SSHDroid and/or busybox from android market. These are what I use. So you get at least basically functioning commands of the basic functions, like "ls" for example. That's a pretty important one, which is not present in the factory image. > full Linux tool set - Whether I have to put it on an SD card or what > ever, I want to be able to use the standard Linux tools. I'm sure you'll find some geeky way to do that if you try hard enough. But my advice would be - Don't spend a lot of time using pliers to pound nails, or using the hammer to pound screws. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
