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cnxsoft 4 hours ago | link [dead]

dding the Ubuntu or debian image (http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/a10_image/) to a 4GB microSD card should boot Linux in that device.

You may need to hack it a bit to make it work though, but information is available in the web.

Hopefully, we'll get stable images available soon.

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They are using the Allwinner A10. You ought to have some luck: http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/ (See the source and kernel sections.)

How many Linux apps run on ARM? I actually don't know, but I assume the vast majority of them.

I work with embedded linux on ARM. Check out EmDebian as an example of a full linux distro for ARM.

Android runs on Linux.

Android has a heavily modified kernel.

you can install a linux userspace inside android and chroot into it

dding the Ubuntu or debian image (http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/a10_image/) to a 4GB microSD card should boot Linux in that device.

You may need to hack it a bit to make it work though, but information is available in the web.

Hopefully, we'll get stable images available soon.