Linux on OUYA?

[amix]

Hi,

is there any known effort to bring Linux to the OUYA? Ideally we would end up dual booting.

Bye, Andreas

[Cave Four]

I was interested in something like this, and came across this but didn't ever get around to trying anything out.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...nandroid&hl=en

[Magnesus]

Linux running on Android is using chroot, which means it will be slow and have graphic problems (because it uses VNC to show the picture). Better solution would be classic dual-boot... but what about updating the console then? Or maybe - EVEN BETTER - Ubuntu could run from pendrive? I've seen some pretty fast pendrives lately that would be up to the task.

[Cherry_Balloon]

bump, bump, sugar lump rump

In all seriousness, I'd like to see Linux running on OUYA as well. It'd be kinda neat to have an OUYA dev environment right on the OUYA. Kinda.

[Peter Bauer]

Looks like we are getting native Debian soon, we would just need something like a Start button in the OUYA menu to boot the image from the USB Stick more comfortable.
http://tuomas.kulve.fi/blog/2013/08/11/debian-on-ouya/

Regards,
Peter
http://bitkistl.blogspot.com

[amix]

Best for me would be some specialized distro. No need for me to have a desktop or the like. I was thinking more about something, that boots directly into XBMC. That would require some serious hardware support (drivers etc).

Bye, Andreas

[Cave Four]

Best for me would be some specialized distro. No need for me to have a desktop or the like. I was thinking more about something, that boots directly into XBMC. That would require some serious hardware support (drivers etc).

Bye, Andreas

There is an app in the discover store that will auto boot apps for you, you could use it to have your ouya boot right into xbmc, don't see why you would want a whole new Linux distro just to run xbmc on it, unless im missing something?

[amix]

There is an app in the discover store that will auto boot apps for you, you could use it to have your ouya boot right into xbmc, don't see why you would want a whole new Linux distro just to run xbmc on it, unless im missing something?

Thanks for the tip.

A Linux distro is much more powerful and flexible overall, this leaves options open. It's also much more elegant to stay lean. There is no need for Android on a media steamer, so why have it? Keeps it simple.

Not sure how well the state of emulation is ATM on Linux, however.

Bye, Andreas

[Magnesus]

@amix - most emulators for Android are ported from Linux. At least Snes9x is working on my Ubuntu just fine and the repository is full of them - although I'm not sure if ARM repository is as rich as x86 one.

[kulve]

I've made some progress with my Debian on Ouya project. I have accelerated video and OpenGL ES working but still no luck with audio. When playing stereo audio, I hear both channels from the left speaker at half speed.

Now I'm looking for any hack in kernel or in user-space to enable stereo but I've running out of ideas. So any hints or pointers are highly appreciated

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Now the audio is working as well:

http://tuomas.kulve.fi/blog/2013/09/...ll-systems-go/