How To Run Ubuntu Linux on Your Samsung Galaxy S III (Android Guide)

As usual, we we can through this guide, there are a couple requirement you must meet for your Samsung Galaxy S III :

• Must be rooted
• have kernel with loop support
• tiborr tested this on Omega 4.0 ROM and so it is suggested that you flash it as well
• have USB debugging enabled (from Settings > Developer options)
• have the following apps installed: Ubuntu Installer, android-vnc-viewer [Play Store],Terminal Emulator [Play Store] and BusyBox [Play Store]

1)  Download Ubuntu.sh [SourceForge] and transfer it directly under /sdcard (i.e. root directory).

2)  Launch Terminal Emulator and type the following commands:

su

cd /sdcard/ubuntu

sh ubuntu.sh

3)  Type in the following

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and then enter Y to keep this as default resolution.

4)  The terminal will now ask for a password. According to the developer, this is ubuntu. You may have to enter this twice.

5)  Exit the Terminal app and launch VNC Viewer. Enter the following information:

6)  Tap on Connect.

With its 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM and the beautiful 4.8” Super AMOLED HD display, the Galaxy S III is the perfect smartphone for running Ubuntu for Android (see picture above). They actullay are waiting Canonical to release Ubuntu For Android. Running a desktop-class OS on a smartphone would be a dream come true!

Any queries can be pointed to the official thread of [XDA-Developers]

 

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Tags: Android, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S 3 Guide, Unbuntu on Samsung Galaxy S 3

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