Live Android Lets You Run Android on Your PC
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Jul 2009 15:46 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
Google "Want to give Google Android a try, but don't feel like buying a T-Mobile G1? LiveAndroid lets you download a LiveCD disc image of the Google Android operating system. Just burn the image to a disc, stick it in a CD-ROM drive, and reboot your computer and you can check out Android without installing it or affecting any files on your PC. You can also use the disc image in a virtualization application like VirtualBox or Microsoft Virtual PC if you want to try the operating system without even rebooting your computer."
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Comment by vtolkov
by vtolkov on Wed 15th Jul 2009 16:21 UTC
vtolkov
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2006-07-26

It does not work really. Main screen works, but network does not, most of apps report instantly that they are crashed, memory card is not connected, so you can not try player or photoalbum. The only app you can try is calculator.

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RE: Comment by vtolkov
by firl on Wed 15th Jul 2009 16:37 UTC in reply to "Comment by vtolkov"
firl Member since:
2006-03-16

So what you are saying is we have a new live cd that can do calculations for us... amazing times

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RE: Comment by vtolkov
by overflow on Thu 16th Jul 2009 22:16 UTC in reply to "Comment by vtolkov"
overflow Member since:
2007-02-22

It works fine for me. It doesn't make calls, obviously and I cant see how to get any apps or data into it but everything there does what you'd expect. It's quite neat, actually.

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RE[2]: Comment by vtolkov
by vtolkov on Thu 16th Jul 2009 22:43 UTC in reply to "RE: Comment by vtolkov"
vtolkov Member since:
2006-07-26

Maybe it works inside VM. It does not work on my computers if I boot from it.

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I am shocked by this post.
by lmathews on Wed 15th Jul 2009 17:04 UTC
lmathews
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2009-07-15

Thomas, I love your site, but I cannot believe that you would copy Brad's text verbatim and not link his article.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/06/how-to-try-google-android-o...

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RE: I am shocked by this post.
by jtrapp on Wed 15th Jul 2009 17:48 UTC in reply to "I am shocked by this post."
jtrapp Member since:
2005-07-06

Both articles were cut and paste from google code...that is pretty much the state of the web these days.

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RE[2]: I am shocked by this post.
by fretinator on Wed 15th Jul 2009 18:08 UTC in reply to "RE: I am shocked by this post."
fretinator Member since:
2005-07-06

Turns out there a couple keys to web journalism - these same keys apply to software development (in my experience):

Ctl-C
Ctl-V

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Android on VirtualBox under Jaunty
by animaster on Wed 15th Jul 2009 17:31 UTC
animaster
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2009-07-15

I have tried Live Android using VirtualBox on my Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and I have written a quick overview and some screenshots here:
http://animaster-talks.net/blog/2009/07/15/mencoba-google-android-d...

Sorry it is in Indonesian, though you can translate it using Google Translate. ^^

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reading comprehension?
by AndrewZ on Wed 15th Jul 2009 20:11 UTC
AndrewZ
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2005-11-15

If you guys read the header, this was submitted by Moulinneuf. Apparently without attribution. Don't go hating Thom.

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RE: reading comprehension?
by watkin5 on Wed 15th Jul 2009 20:25 UTC in reply to "reading comprehension?"
watkin5 Member since:
2009-06-20

If you guys read the header, this was submitted by Moulinneuf. Apparently without attribution. Don't go hating Thom.

This isn't slashdot, we expect more care from page 2.
I demand more.
I will be irate until I either see an apology or a page 3.

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