Now this looks pretty sweet indeed, perhaps you've got an old PC sitting around it's ground to a halt with an old version of windows... well how about Android.
Not only is Android now an extremely well developed and resilient operating system, it also provides you with access to loads of apps.
Just pop this on a USB thumb drive and away you go.... perfect!
Oh and it's free, but only available from the 12/01/2016 :)
See my link below in the comments for a demo video....it looks brilliant (and probably even better at the time of release).
Download link (I haven't tried it yet so if downloading please do your usual checks, scanning etc...) https://otacdn.jide.com/ota/Remix_OS_for_PC_64_B2016011102_Alpha.zip
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dar72
10 Jan 163#39
It's based on Linux with a huge chunk of Java and Google spyware dumped on top of it. Java is horrible and inefficient, I spent many years avoiding anything to do with Java until I got an Android phone, at that point I remembered why I avoid Java. The apps in the Google store are a complete bloat-fest, compare the installation size to the free software apps on F-Droid and you'll see what I mean.
Android doesn't use partitions properly and it's usually very specific to devices. It's also designed for touch screens, personally I can't stand touch screens but even if you can, doesn't seem like it's suited to a PC/Laptop.
I've used Android x86 version on KVM and Virtualbox, it's horribly slow, better than the emulator with the SDK but it's still not great so hopefully they've optimised this properly for x86...but why bother? Android is mostly used on ARM, why mess around getting it to work efficiently on x86 when you can just install Linux which works perfectly on x86?
Arch Linux will install on anything this will install on plus a lot more, compile your own kernel if you want to really slim it down, though personally I wouldn't bother these days. I have Arch on a really old EEEPC netbook, latest kernel from the repo, latest packages, works fine, runs better than Android ever has on my dual core phone which must have at least 5 times the spec of my netbook. Android seems extremely poor at using hardware to its full potential, probably done deliberately to encourage people to buy new phones all the time.
Use something like ArchBang if you think you're incapable of following the Arch installation guide, though you'll be missing out on a good educational experience.
Is this available yet?
It says from mid January.
Great find though
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antdav
10 Jan 16#3
So not available yet, so technically not a freebie
JimBobJr
10 Jan 16#4
Pretty sure its only for supported devices ATM and you can't download yet unless you apply as a manufacturer
busterdan to JimBobJr
10 Jan 161#6
It will be available from 12th Jan apparently and can be either installed on a PC or run from USB (ideally USB 3.0) obviously so wide is the hardware in PC's that there probably will be some incompatible machines, I'm really keen to try booting it on a MacBookPro, I hate MacOS and generally use Windows 10 Bootcamp instead.
busterdan
10 Jan 16#5
Sorry I've made my post clearer... it's available from the 12th Jan.
JimBobJr
10 Jan 16#7
Ah okay I just saw this: "Disclaimer: Remix OS is only licensed to authorized business partners and pre-loaded on specific product models of those partners;it's not intended for personal use."
busterdan
10 Jan 161#8
It'll be freely available... here's another LINK to a Gizmodo article
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Not only is Android now an extremely well developed and resilient operating system, it also provides you with access to loads of apps.
Just pop this on a USB thumb drive and away you go.... perfect!
Oh and it's free, but only available from the 12/01/2016 :)
See my link below in the comments for a demo video....it looks brilliant (and probably even better at the time of release).
Download link (I haven't tried it yet so if downloading please do your usual checks, scanning etc...)
https://otacdn.jide.com/ota/Remix_OS_for_PC_64_B2016011102_Alpha.zip
Top comments
Android doesn't use partitions properly and it's usually very specific to devices. It's also designed for touch screens, personally I can't stand touch screens but even if you can, doesn't seem like it's suited to a PC/Laptop.
I've used Android x86 version on KVM and Virtualbox, it's horribly slow, better than the emulator with the SDK but it's still not great so hopefully they've optimised this properly for x86...but why bother? Android is mostly used on ARM, why mess around getting it to work efficiently on x86 when you can just install Linux which works perfectly on x86?
Arch Linux will install on anything this will install on plus a lot more, compile your own kernel if you want to really slim it down, though personally I wouldn't bother these days. I have Arch on a really old EEEPC netbook, latest kernel from the repo, latest packages, works fine, runs better than Android ever has on my dual core phone which must have at least 5 times the spec of my netbook. Android seems extremely poor at using hardware to its full potential, probably done deliberately to encourage people to buy new phones all the time.
Use something like ArchBang if you think you're incapable of following the Arch installation guide, though you'll be missing out on a good educational experience.
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It says from mid January.
Great find though
Heat added