Google Android OS on x86?

Hilariously, there actually is a project for porting Android to the x86, currently on v1.6r2.

  • download an ISO
  • follow instructions for installing to VM's. I used VMWare 6.5 but I think there were Virtualbox instructions too.
  • choose install to HD. I setup and formatted a 7GB ext3 partition, type 83, no swap.
  • install was really quick, boot was much faster than my Motorola A-855 (course this a P4 Xeon)

UI behaves a lot like the droid, browser responds to kinetic scrolling. I haven't tried turning my CPU sideways to see if it auto flips the screen though...

They claim it even supports NTFS partitions and dual booting.

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