Android Linux

At a glance
Publisher	Open Source
Web	http://www.android-x86.org/
Status	Available, Supported
Introduced	Mar-2010
Latest	4.0
Design	GUI, Multitasking
Type	Desktop

Summary News Requirements Compatibility Interface Installation Variants
Versions Downloads Links Publisher Support Alternatives Secrets Pricing

Details

Summary

Android was developed by Google as an open Source project based on Linux as a compact but powerful OS supporting touch, graphics, WiFi, 3G and more for phones, tablets and eReaders.

Separate from Google, it was branched to an open source x86 version, primarily for Netbooks and Laptops.

News

Oct-2011 Google releases version 4.0
2--May-2010 Google Announces Android 2.2
19-Mar-2010 Version 1.6 r2 released

Requirements

Product

Android

Processor

Pentium or Atom

RAM

32 MB (32 MB will limit some features, 512 MB typical)

Drive space

32 MB (32 MB will limit some features, 1 GB typical)

Drives

Flash

Video

Supports very-low resolution displays and better

File systems

ext2, ext3, ntfs, fat32

Compatibility

Android programs

Interface

GUI

Installation

Support for phones, tablets, specific netbooks, VMware, others

Variants

v2 is targeted at phones, eReaders and other smaller devices
v3 is targeted at tablets with larger screens and processing power
v4 merges a single release for all device types

Versions

Sep-2008 v1.0
Feb-2009 v1.1
Apr-2009 v1.5
Sep-2009 v1.6
Oct-2009 v2.0
Jan-2010 v2.1
May-2010 v2.2
Dec-2010 v2.3
Feb-2011 v3.0
Jun-2011 v3.1
Jul-2011 v3.2
Oct-2011 v4.0

Downloads

Download Android

Links

Android x86 Home
News
Documentation
FAQoid - site for devices and news

Books

All books on Linux