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Ubuntu on the Scroll - a possibility?

PostPosted: January 28th, 2012, 9:08 pm
by epic118
Was playing around with my XOOM and I found that you could put Ubuntu on it. Turns out that you can put Ubuntu on any Android device with a few steps. Works on my phone too.

Now, I know my Scroll is retired, but...you know what I'm going to say...would this work? And has anyone got a Scroll that they can test?
It can't brick your device, and it needs to be rooted. Here's the link for Ubuntu:

http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-de ... n-android/

Test it out, you'll need a sdcard (That's what it says...) and Terminal Emulator and android-vnc-viewer. Works when WiFi is off and is very smooth. Microsoft Office is built in (OpenOffice.org) and internet works when you have it on. This is a leap forward for Scroll development! (Though I won't be there to enjoy it...maybe I need to dig out my Scroll? :D)

Re: Ubuntu on the Scroll - a possibility?

PostPosted: March 12th, 2012, 10:40 pm
by glenn1966
According to an article on the RaspberryPi I was reading this evening, Canonical are supporting Cortex-class ARM processors and older ones up to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). Not sure if this helps.

Re: Ubuntu on the Scroll - a possibility?

PostPosted: March 17th, 2012, 11:48 pm
by suggsy89

Re: Ubuntu on the Scroll - a possibility?

PostPosted: July 3rd, 2013, 9:47 am
by rickey007
Yes..You can disable the overlay of scroll in Ubuntu. For disabling the scroll bars you have to follow two or three steps :
1. Open the terminal.
2.Copy/Paste the following commands :
sudo su
echo "export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0" > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80overlayscrollbars
3.Restart your computer.
:D :D :D