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Google Android, the telephone operating system, has been ported to run on x86 machines. Simply named Android-x86, the Live CD Linux distribution is designed mostly for the Eee PC netbooks, but can also run on any other 32-bit (x86) platform. The current stable version of Android-x86 is based on Android 1.6 (Donut) and it’s powered by Linux kernel 2.6.29 with kernel mode-setting (or KMS for short) enabled. It has support for the EXT3, EXT2, NTFS and FAT32 filesystems, and can be run directly from the CD or USB stick(yes, no installation required)!

Highlights of Android-x86 1.6:

· Based on Android 1.6 (Donut);
· Linux kernel 2.6.29 with KMS enabled;
· Support for Wi-Fi connections;
· Graphical user interface for Ethernet configurations;
· Hard drive installer;
· Support for suspend/resume functions (S3 mode);
· Shows the status of the battery on netbooks;
· Support for mouse wheel/cursor;
· ALSA driver for better audio;
· Support for the native resolutions of netbooks;
· Support for netbook’s webcams (via V4l2);
· Support for external monitors;
· Automatic mount of external disk drives;
· Support for Bluetooth;
· Busybox;
· Proxy support.

Installation instructions: http://www.android-x86.org/documents/installhowto

Download Android-x86 1.6 live & installation iso image : Click Here (198 MB)

USB image : Click Here

For Patches and other Unstable Releases : http://www.android-x86.org/download

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