I found this netbook(?) somewhere in old things and just wonder: can linux be installed on it?
Surely its easier to install Linux than android.
I want to know how they put android on it
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I mean, the internals might just be the ones of a tablet or something. With android I'd be guessing its an ARM chip
Wut. This thing is like a decade old at least. Did we use ARM back then?
ARM chips were common in phones, even 10 years ago. But after doing a bit of research, there seems to be an unofficial open source version of android made to run on x86. Might be that this thing is running that. No idea, really
I think you would need to provide more detail to know what you have. Does it have a model number on it anywhere?
that's it: CPU: WM8650 800Hz Memory:DDR 256MB
It's information on back cover
It’s already running Linux. You just showed us a screenshot of it running Android, which is Linux.
Clearly not the point of OP’s question though
the ACKSHYUALLY is strong with this one
No it isn't. Dude is just pointing out the obvious.
I honestly preferred the people who insist on calling it GNU/Linux over the people who think Android should be called Linux.
Wow, your preferences are so cool! What's it like to judge people so good?
For better or worse the more correct name GNU/Linux did not catch on and is universally shortened to Linux. Android uses the Linux kernel, but is not GNU/Linux, and therefore is not Linux.
Alpine Linux users are in shambles.
Are reading what you write? It's linux so it isn't?
kernel != operating system
I don't know if it's that cut and dry. If you study a Operative Systems class or buy a book about them, it'll exclusively deal with the kernel.
If you can give a reference to any such book, I'd be very interested to see it.
Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne is a classic OS textbook. Andrew Tanenbaum has some OS books too. I really liked his OS Design and Implementation book but I'm pretty sure that one is super outdated by now. I have not read his newer one but it is called Modern Operating Systems iirc.