Presented at GDG Singapore DevFest 2013 on 12/10/2013, by Arun Kumar, technical consultant, Malaysia.
Summary:
1. Introduction to Raspberry Pi, Chrome/Android OS
2. Building Chrome/Android for Raspberry Pi
3. Why Chrome/Android on Raspberry Pi
4. Advantages and Dis-advantages of running Chrome/Android on Raspberry Pi
6. Chrome OS on RPi - Status
Mr.
Hexxeh has ported chrome OS in June 2012
Official support added to Chrome OS
Build status in 2013
– Build not stable
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6 times build failed (stills retrying)
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Waiting for chrome-dev experts suggestions
7. Android on RPi?
It
has ARM so you could run Android on it;
Actually there are many problems for now:
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Android 2.3: boots, very slow; (CyanogenMOD 7.2);
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Android 4.0: boots, unstable; (CyanogenMOD 9);
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Official Android 4.0.3 (built by Broadcom): Boots, very
fast with hardware acceleration. Not yet released by
Broadcom !!!
Ice Cream Sandwich: work in progress;
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Follow
updates on
http://androidpi.wikia.com/wiki/Android_Pi_Wiki
10. Cousins Of Raspberry Pi
BeagleBone Black
1 Ghz Cortex-A8
Price: US $45
Community Supported Dev platform
Choice is yours
11. Project Examples
XMBC
- Home Theater
Home Server
Wi-Fi Access Point
Internet Radio
SMS Server/Gateway
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