How to Install Ubuntu Linux on Samsung Galaxy Tab
If you own a Samsung Galaxy Tab, here’s some good news for you – you can now install Ubuntu on your Galaxy Tab. This tutorial will explain how you can install Ubuntu Linux on your Samsung Galaxy Tab.
What you need:
1. Busybox
2. Superuser
3. Android SDK
4. AndroidVNC
5. Terminal Emulator
Download Ubuntu for Samsung Galaxy Tab
Alternate Scripts for Ubuntu (If the default ones don’t work)
Steps to Install Ubuntu on Galaxy Tab
1. Download the Ubuntu for Galaxy Tab ZIP and extract it on your computer. Copy all the files inside like bootlinux, fsrw, mountonly, ubuntu.img, ubuntu.sh and unionfs to a folder on your SD card named Ubuntu.
2. Open the command prompt, CD to “C:SDKtools” where C:SDK is the folder where the SDK is installed.
Type these commands
adb shell
su
sh ./ubuntu.sh
3. After this, just run this command.
bootlinux
If you get the root@localhost prompt, you have installed Ubuntu on your Galaxy Tab.
4. Now, if you have AndroidVNC set up, type these commands
rm -rf /tmp/.X*
export USER=root
vncserver -geometry 1280×800
5. In Android VNC, your login details will be
Nickname: "root"
Password: "ubuntu"
Address: "localhost"
Port: "5901"
Your Samsung Galaxy Tab should now be running Ubuntu Linux. Congratulations.
Now, to run Ubuntu again, you don't need to install it every time.
Just open the Terminal Emulator on your Galaxy Tab. Type these commands again to start Ubuntu.
su
bootlinux
rm -rf /tmp/.X*
export USER=root
vncserver -geometry 1280x800
Start VNC and enter your login details.
Source: XDA
November 25th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
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December 20th, 2010 at 10:44 am
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December 20th, 2010 at 10:47 am
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December 20th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Can you please tell me how to download the Ubuntu files, every time I click on the download link, it takes me to dropbox and although I have a dropbox account, I don’t know how to get the ubuntu files.
Thanks
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March 2nd, 2011 at 2:20 am
Not very useful : i want to REMOVE android from my device, not just chroot to Ubuntu inside android !
The problem is still the same : the backdoor of android : no security for any personal datas as long we don’t have a NATIVE GNU/Linux OS…
December 15th, 2011 at 8:15 am
…or you could got to your Android Market and search Linux Installer a much better alternative.
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