Ubuntu on android handset or tablet?

[Smokey]

I've seen videos of this on youtube before. People managing to put Ubuntu on their android phones or tablets. Has anyone tried this yet? Is it practical to do? I really don't see a purpose for this to be honest, especially on a phone. I could see it having more purpose on a tablet so to speak rather then a cellphone but has anyone attempted to do this before?

[Rob]

Here's some good info on it: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android

[Akendo]

That is really something new! Look very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[jasserlin]

I don't know exactly what is required to do it, but I have used the bootloader on my android device in order to root it and untether it from a service provider. Once it was rooted, I saw that it was a Unix flavor of some sort. I also know that there are a number of ARM processor based linux distros so it would likely be a matter of replacing one image with another and ensuring the bootloader picks up the new image.

[Smokey]

Thanks for the link. Definitely something I might try if I ever pick up a cheap android tablet. I wouldn't wanna test this on my transformer or anything but perhaps if I pick up a cheaper android tablet in the future for ~$300 i'll give it a shot.

[mrnothersan]

That definitely looks good, and I hope that comes out soon, as it looks like a great OS to have on a phone!!

[Renzaku]

Oh, wow. I really never knew you could do this on a phone. This really just makes me want to spend a lot on an Android, but I'd be so afraid to mess it up, haha.

[psufootball]

I wouldn't do this simply because there are some really great apps that are Android-only... wouldn't want to lose that. Plus I would fear loss of compatibility with my phone.

[scotty]

It is possible you just have to download the linux handler from the andoid market. A lot of Pen Testers do this using Backtrack so that they can have their tools with them wherever they go. From what I have seen, it runs very well, and is very usable provided you can root the phone. My Samsung Galaxy will not connect to my PC in a way I can root it so I keep trying...but I am getting no where

[Godric]

I don't really see the point of changing your android to ubuntu. What do you want to accomplish by doing that?