Android OS comes to PC

[kukkudo]

GOOGLE'S MOBILE PHONE operating system called Android has come to the PC in a LiveCD version.

A couple of blokes have recompiled the OS so it's capable of running on a common x86 platform. This is just in time to see what Android is really like, before Acer, Asus, MSI and others officially release their netbooks with theoperating system preloaded on them.
The PC version has been ported from an Asustek EeePC 701 netbook running Android. As with every other try-before-you-buy LiveCD, you simply download the ISO file, burn it onto a CD or DVD, and then boot with the disc.

With a LiveCD, there's no need to install the OS, so you can test-drive the software without writing it to your system's hard disk. The LiveCD can also run under virtualisation such as VirtualBox or VMware or the other thing by the Vole.

You can grab the Liveandroid version 0.2 from Google.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...id-os-comes-pc

[OilKiller]

Well, downloaded the ISO, burned it, rebooted and sat there looking at the Android screen...nothing happened and couldn't do anything. Not sure what I did wrong.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by OilKiller

Well, downloaded the ISO, burned it, rebooted and sat there looking at the Android screen...nothing happened and couldn't do anything. Not sure what I did wrong.

The Android phones are touch screens. Did you try touching your screen?

I will have to try this out tonight.

[llama64]

Originally Posted by Barnes

The Android phones are touch screens. Did you try touching your screen?

I will have to try this out tonight.

I LOL'd.