AnX11 Phone Project

further reading

• Jay Freeman, "Debian and Android Together on G1" (Nov 2008).
• first reported installation of Debian on an Android device

• Gael Perron, "Linux Installer"
• the first Debian installer on Android Market (now Google Play).
• uses the classic chroot method of installing Debian on Android

• Sven-Ola Tuecke, "Debian Kit for Android."
• bind-mounts Debian to the root of the Android file system (i.e. does not use chroot)
• gives Debian full access to the Android file system

• Mikael Q. Kuisma, "Integrating GNU/Linux with Android the Matrix Way"
• instead of running Debian in a chroot, Kuisma runs Android in a chroot
• during the device's initialization process:
  • Debian is mounted Debian first
  • then Debian transfers control to the chroot'ed Android

• Guardian Project, "Lil' Debi"
• classic chroot and then mounts Android partitions in Debian space
• Debian user sees a fusion of both Debian and Android systems

• Anton Skshidlevsky (meefik), "Linux Deploy"
• classic chroot method
• offers a wide selection of GNU/Linux distributions

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• Debian
• GNU/Linux operating system
• has supported the ARM processor (in most phones and tablets) since 2000

• CyanogenMod
• open-source operating system based on Android

• SkoleLinux
• provides a subset of Debian pre-configured for educational networks
• identifies open-source software suitable for use in schools (among other goals)

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