You can install ubuntu as a program in Windows. And later just uninstall it if you don't need it.

Originally Posted by TheWhisp

You can install ubuntu as a program in Windows. And later just uninstall it if you don't need it.

u mean wubi rite?
hmm..dsixda told to use this method as last resort as it modifies the pc's bootloader, i didn try it as i dont have much technical experience(shouldn't be much prob though).
anyway i'm liking linux a lot now

Hi to all!
Here Android 4.0 ICS for LG GT540
(Arm v6\320x480)
Can we use this for port to Samsung S5570 Galaxy Mini?
http://aosp.mikegapinski.cba.pl/

For those who are going to Linux from Windows, don't install it with wubi on same parittion as windows. Create a new partition and install it there. It's the best method from stability and many other points of view.

Originally Posted by yagya

For those who are going to Linux from Windows, don't install it with wubi on same parittion as windows. Create a new partition and install it there. It's the best method from stability and many other points of view.

Thanks, I was thinking of installing it.
But just one question how much size would it require.
I think you should make a tutorial

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I have a quad core cpu with 8gb ram and ubuntu x64

Originally Posted by nishanty13

Thanks, I was thinking of installing it.
But just one question how much size would it require.
I think you should make a tutorial

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Ubuntu doesn't require more size in itself (about 4 GB is fine for a simple installation) but, since you are or will be going to deal with large repos you need much more space than the requirement. Also, from what I learned here (all these guyz talking about computers) I don't think it can be done with a Personal computer which has a -4 GB ram, dual core processor, and nothing much more.. Though it can be done it will be a tedious , slow and lousy work.

Anyway, back to the point, create a partition with the maximum storage size you can afford. if you are installing linux for general purpose (home/personal) use around 100 GB should be more than enough. Also, if you have no knowledge of partitioning I suggest you don't try doing it. However, you can isntall on any of the previous partitions that are already there on your PC.

And, about the tutorial, Partitioning has many wide scope to cover, (sometime even removing current system and then reinstall both operating system again) so it can't be covered only by tutorial unless you have some previous experience. But, it is another thing that many partitioning tools available today have made the task very easier, some can even shrink the size without losing hte data and break into two parts, and many more. So, you may try with one if you really want to go to Linux.

i have a notebook with
intel core i5
4gb ram
512 mb ati radeon
windows 7 x64
and ubuntu x64

is it good ?
can someone tell / show/ teach me the full tutorial how to port the ics to our mini ?

Originally Posted by denkext

i have a notebook with
intel core i5
4gb ram
512 mb ati radeon
windows 7 x64
and ubuntu x64

is it good ?
can someone tell / show/ teach me the full tutorial how to port the ics to our mini ?

ICS has not been ported to mini yet so it is difficult to show you a full tutorial of the porting. However, you can find basic on porting or building rom from source at http://source.android.com/source/building.html

Read other articles there too. You will learn a lot.

To compile ICS:

1) Download Android SDK and ensure ADB is working from any directory.
2) Install required libraries:

sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential
 zip curl zlib1g-dev libc6-dev lib32ncurses5-dev ia32-libs
 x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32readline5-dev lib32z-dev
 libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 tofrodos python-markdown
 libxml2-utils

For Ubunut 10.10:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib32/mesa/libGL.so

For Ubuntu 11.10:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so

4) Make directories:

mkdir -p ~/bin
mkdir -p ~/android/system

5) Install the repo:

curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

cd ~/android/system/
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b ics
repo sync

6) Setting up Galaxy Mini source:

cd ~/android/system/device/samsung
git clone https://github.com/teamhacksung/android_device_samsung_tass

* Now you should have SGM source in samsung directory, rename the the folder to tass. (if it is not already like that)

6.1) After that navigate to tass folder:

cd ~/android/system/device/samsung/tass

6.2) Connect your device to PC and do:

./extract-files

6.3 (optional) If you don't have the permissions:

adb kill-server
sudo adb start-server

7) Building from source:

cd ~/android/system
. build/envsetup.sh
lunch tass-eng
make -j1 || make -j1 otapackage

7.1) If it shows unknown architecture armv6-vfp:

I don't know how to compile for armv6, but as far as I know armv6 is compatible with armv5, so we can build it for armv5te.
To do that:

cd ~/android/system/device/samsung/tass
gedit BoardConfig.mk

Find:

TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv6-vfp

Rename to:

TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv5te

Also I heard there is problems with JIT on armv6 so find:

WITH_JIT := true
ENABLE_JSC_JIT := true

Rename to:

WITH_JIT := false
ENABLE_JSC_JIT := false

Repeat step 7

The SGM source may need editing, for example, I had some errors. But it may be also due to my ****ty PC (I mean very, very ****ty PC)