[Replicant] GNU/Android

[Josh Branning]

On 12/12/15 09:19, user468362 at 0w.se wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 07:26:48AM +0000, Josh Branning wrote:
>> Hi, today I fell upon this link:
>>
>> http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian
>
> Unfortunately noticeable part of that information is not directly
> applicable or obsoleted, which makes it somewhat painful to use.
>
> Among others you have to rebuild Replicant to be able to modify
> the initial ram filesystem.

Isn't it possible to use something like unmkbootimg?

>
>> It says how to run Debian on the Android kernel, then how to create a chroot
>> for Android, and finally (in the chroot), run Debian applications from a
>> vnc.
>
> I was able to do this, taking the suggestions of the link above but far
> from using it literally.
>
>> This got me thinking that it perhaps could be possible for Replicant and a
>> FSF approved distro to do a similar thing.
>
> Indeed, it would be great to have at least a hook for plugging in
> a general purpose Linux underneath Replicant.
>
>> 4) Do you know of any applications on Replicant, which instead of forwarding
>> an X11 screen to Replicant, forwards an Android screen to X11?
>
> Check the forks of
>   https://github.com/oNaiPs/droidVncServer
> some of them look active and may be usable.

Thanks for this.

>
> Anru
>

Josh