Hello,

I must say that the hardware support of Android x86 is pretty good.

The problem of linux is that it looses the few of good programmers with so many distros: Mepis, Debian, Fedora, Slack,... The core of dev of Linux is made by no much guys. Look at the kernel, only about 500 dev coders make most of it.


Could a single targeted Linux Distro replace Android?

Let's dream:
1) all efforts of coders go to one single distro for tablet
2) it is very easy to install for all of us, even windows only users.
3) it is really Linux
4) it supports touchscreen and has a good wifi/wireless/realtek support
5) it is destined to be used like Android (mostly with touchscreen)
6) it clones most apples and android tabs, but it is linux.

Android is Linux.

So your post is nearly senseless.

Sorry to correct.

Android is using a modified kernel of Linux. Android is not Linux. Linus thinks also like me.

Splitting hairs? What is modified kernel of Linux? It is Linux kernel with added support for Android hardware. It is still Linux.

Didn't Ubuntu do a phone OS?

Debian, Ubuntu, Mepis,... are distro using Linux kernel and Linux compiled softwares.

The architecture of Android is totally different to the Linux one.


https://www.quora.com/Is-Android-a-Linux-distribution

If you want to learn Linux, use slackware.

What you call architecture? Are you confusing Linux (kernel) with software running on top of it?

http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/...d_Architecture

There was (is?) also Firefox OS.

I'm going to try this tonight on my N5

http://maruos.com/

It's JB when using it as a phone and Debian when plugged into a display. I heard about it on either r/linux or r/linuxmasterrace it gives me both convergence and apps

As these WikiPedia articles show, Android does not have an exclusive and is not without competitors:

• Mobile Operating System
• Comparison of Mobile Operating Systems

Ubuntu is Ubuntu. A pc operating system, based on a linux kernel. Opensuse is opensuse a ....

Ubuntu ran [runs?] on phones as does Android (another Linux kernel based OS)
My current impressions of Ubuntu are it seems to be a tablet OS.

Runs.

An interesting article looking at the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Phone:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/u...e-elderly.html

So I'm typing this from Maru and tomorrow I'll see if the Debian parr works after I find an HDMI display.

this looks very interesting.
(so now google can finally snoop in on your linux desktop )
please keep us posted.