KBOX
Dev tools
linux userland for android
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful as a mini-monitor for tailing logs over ssh
From 1 comment
I'm using this right now on my phone as a mini-monitor tailing a tomcat log on a server I'm ssh'd into. I don't use my phone most of the day anyway, now I can have it do…
bane on HN
Vim support is appealing
From 1 comment
This looks really, really cool, especially the vim support. What would be really awesome would be a native port of gcc and other supporting tools to create packages on the…
_b8r0 on HN
Objections
Not really a Linux distro; closer to a userland of command line tools
From 2 comments
I hate to sound like a grumpy neckbeard but what's the world coming to when a clearly pretty clueful guy dismisses android as lot linux without a footnote but then goes on to…
trotsky on HNAgreed, this is no more a "Linux distro" than Cygwin is, but it does sound useful (much like Cygwin's bash shell).
BruceIV on HN
No C compiler included
From 2 comments
No C compiler? It's not really a Linux distro without a C compiler.
bitwize on HNThis got my hopes up, but I don't see what it does that Terminal IDE doesn't already. I was hoping it would include gcc and the ability to compile things, so that it could be the…
jimrandomh on HN
Claim that there is no X server on Android is false
From 1 comment
The author states that there is no X server for Android. That is false, and not even hard to verify: ``` App name: X Server Website:…
LukeShu on HN
Requests
Include gcc or a native compiler toolchain
From 2 comments
This looks really, really cool, especially the vim support. What would be really awesome would be a native port of gcc and other supporting tools to create packages on the…
_b8r0 on HNThis got my hopes up, but I don't see what it does that Terminal IDE doesn't already. I was hoping it would include gcc and the ability to compile things, so that it could be the…
jimrandomh on HN
Post the source on GitHub
From 1 comment
As someone who has opkg on his router and NAS... This looks very tempting. Especially on the Android tablet. Edit: Android says source for this is available on demand. I've asked…
josteink on HN
Questions
How does this differ from Terminal IDE?
From 2 comments
Cool. How does this differ from Terminal IDE?
limmeau on HNI had thought along these lines too. AFAICT, Terminal IDE is geared toward more of a developer toolset. Thats not to say you couldn't use this as a dev platform though.
mikegirouard on HN
Could fakechroot be used to fake the root filesystem?
From 1 comment
>Because an unpriveleged user has very limited access to the filesystem, the entire root filesystem is located somewhere under the Android app's preferences directory. From a…
gizmo686 on HN
Alternatives named
Terminal IDE
From 2 comments
Cool. How does this differ from Terminal IDE?
limmeau on HNThis got my hopes up, but I don't see what it does that Terminal IDE doesn't already. I was hoping it would include gcc and the ability to compile things, so that it could be the…
jimrandomh on HN
Debian Kit for Android
From 1 comment
with a trivial script to setup bindmounts and such, you can easily run a full linux distro on android's kernel, concurrent with the main Android OS. Debian Kit for Android is…
carmen on HN
OpenWrt on Android without root
From 1 comment
Here https://sites.google.com/site/taldewandroid/ is an overview on how to install OpenWrt on Android without root. This includes a package system too, with dependency management…
beishay on HN
X Server for Android
From 1 comment
The author states that there is no X server for Android. That is false, and not even hard to verify: ``` App name: X Server Website:…
LukeShu on HN