Hi,

Christmas and time for auctions or sales. You may need a Linux machine into your pocket, and you would like to have Linux instead of Android (which is a google market thing).

Free your Android - Tablet or Phone!!

Pre-Requirements:

Hardware Required:

an Android Phone

SD Card with more than 2GB of free Space

Android root environment:

Most important! Your Android device should be “rooted” because you need root access to run Ubuntu/Debian off your Android. If your device is not rooted you have to root your device.



Step 1:

(Mount the SD card on your computer.)

Extract the .tar.bz2 file you downloaded to your SD card. You should now have a folder named "linux" on the root of your card.

(Unmount the SD card.)

Open Busybox Installer, and install Busybox.

Open Better Terminal Emulator, and install Better Terminal Emulator.


Continue at the following Link:

Source:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1872752

Alternative using chroot: http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian <-- it is not nice, since it uses VNC and Memory.

However:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5TkGplG7yQ <-- this really rocks, Full Debian

I did something similar to this on my HTC Incredible. I was using AndroidVNC for the GUI, and even modified a GTK+ theme for XFCE4 to make it a little more touch friendly on such a small display. It ws fun to play with but I never really found it useful. Maybe if I get a tablet, I'll do it again.

Hi Replica,

Nice to hear that it worked fine. Which Model of HTC you have?

Greetings