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Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:54:42 pm    Post subject: Linux on a Samsung Intensity?
The Samsung Intensity is so awful that it is....awful.

I was thinking...when I get a new phone, what if I would try to put some type of Linux on it? I know I would have to write my own DE (to compensate for no mouse) and I'd have to write my own drivers.

Would this be a cool idea...or would it fail?

EDIT: here's some info on the Intensity: http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-Intensity_id3818
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Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:49:47 pm    Post subject:
It looks like it's running some sort of proprietary OS, nothing like Android that would indicate there are Linux drivers of any sort available for it. I'd tend to say that even if it is possible, it's more than a waste of your time to try.
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Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:26:12 am    Post subject:
KermMartian wrote:
It looks like it's running some sort of proprietary OS, nothing like Android that would indicate there are Linux drivers of any sort available for it. I'd tend to say that even if it is possible, it's more than a waste of your time to try.


I am too lazy to actually make my own post so instead I quote people and then don't say anything new.

I may not know much about hardware hacking but I recognize limitations. You'd have a hard time getting it to work. Even if you got it to boot from the MicroSD, you'd have to overcome CPU & RAM limitations; assuming it's low (including any internal storage) since I can't find any documentation.
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Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:57:48 pm    Post subject:
@Spyro you would have a mouse: The touchscreen. Generally, drivers treat a touchpad as a mouse, and even if they didn't, there's always keyboard-driven DEs like DWM Razz
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Posted: 05 Oct 2011 02:22:13 pm    Post subject:
comicIDIOT wrote:
KermMartian wrote:
It looks like it's running some sort of proprietary OS, nothing like Android that would indicate there are Linux drivers of any sort available for it. I'd tend to say that even if it is possible, it's more than a waste of your time to try.


I am too lazy to actually make my own post so instead I quote people and then don't say anything new.

I may not know much about hardware hacking but I recognize limitations. You'd have a hard time getting it to work. Even if you got it to boot from the MicroSD, you'd have to overcome CPU & RAM limitations; assuming it's low (including any internal storage) since I can't find any documentation.


It's got at least 33 MB of internal storage. 11.7 MB RAM.

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@Spyro you would have a mouse: The touchscreen. Generally, drivers treat a touchpad as a mouse, and even if they didn't, there's always keyboard-driven DEs like DWM Razz
There's no touchscreen on this.
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Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:30:59 pm    Post subject:
Oh. Nvm then. But, there's DEs available that don't need a mouse. You could even use the Gnome Accessibility option to use buttons on the keyboard as a mouse.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:22:47 am    Post subject:
It doesn't really matter what DEs can do - you won't be able to get your phone to run Linux so it doesn't matter.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:46:53 am    Post subject:
false, the Intensity is not bad, I have had one for the past 2 years and it has not been at all a pain or annoyance. if linux did ever come to it, I probably wouldn't bother..
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