The Linux Meego and Ubuntu operating systems are now able to operate on Google's Android Nexus S smartphone.
The Linux Meego and Ubuntu operating systems are now able to operate on Google’s Android Nexus S smartphone. However, running Meego and Ubuntu on the Nexus S is not very smooth. Steven Troughton-Smith at High Caffeine Content has spent time to test Google’s latest smartphone.
The display output and the touchscreen do not function well. The first non-Android OS runs on the Nexus S. It is necessary to build a Meego rootfs in ext2 format and the developer has already built a kickstart as a base. Users can copy it to linux/rootfs.ext2 on the Nexus S’ internal memory with the compiled image. Next, users are able to utilize his boot.img and fastboot to start it with “fastboot boot nexuss-meego-boot.img”. Users can also flash it to recovery if they want to dual book. Troughton-Smith’s kickstart has been supported and this can be utilized to get a root shell such as on any Android device.
Users can also flash it to recovery if they want to dual book.
By using the similar method and kernel, users can apply this process to boot Ubuntu onto Google’s Nexus S smartphone. The Finnish phone company and Intel, which co-develop the Meego OS, will be satisfied as tinkerers and modders are paid attention.
