android-x86 - Run Android on your PC

[jdbower]

I guess this is the most appropriate forum for this, too bad it doesn't seem to get much traffic.

Anyone here play with android-x86? The website is slow (at least tonight) and the changelog is dated, but the latest Froyo build was a week and a half ago on their downloads page. I've only started to tinker with it, other than being a bit crippled without the Marketplace there is some potential - especially if a Gingerbread build comes out soon.

I installed it in a VirtualBox virtual machine, I used XP as a base because for some reason a generic Linux fails to recognize the mouse but there is a VirtualBox HOWTO that may be able to fix it. You'll want to change the keyboard and locale most likely, and some useful shortcuts are as follows:

Menu = keyboard right-click button
Home = Home or Windows Key
Back = Escape
Power = End

If anyone's interested I can look into writing up a more detailed set of instructions for a VirtualBox setup, but it's pretty straightforward.

 

[JrzDroid]

i like every part of this, you should go put this on AndroidForums, i myself am gonna try to set this up and I bet a whole bunch of others would love to try it too