[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":225},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-5102644":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":15,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":40,"post_text":42,"what":43,"said":46,"maker_in_thread":149,"shape":154,"grid":157,"attempts":187,"same_week":188,"maker_shows":36,"maker_hidden":217,"reader_version":218,"card":219},"5102644","KBOX","A miniature Linux distro for non-rooted Android devices","title","Show HN: A miniature Linux distro for non-rooted Android devices","http:\u002F\u002Fkevinboone.net\u002Fkbox.html","kevinboone.net","stonewhite",1358942430,2013,94,15,246,1739,"notable","dev_tools","linux userland for android","mobile_app",[23,24,25,26,27],"android","busybox","non-root","linux shell","terminal","debated",-0.045,{"positive":31,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":31},3,0,9,{"docs":35,"idea":37,"execution":39},{"positive":32,"critical":36},1,{"positive":31,"critical":38},2,{"positive":32,"critical":32},[32,32,36,41,32,32,41,41,36,32,31,31,31,32,36],5,null,{"problem":42,"audience":42,"pricing":42,"motivation":42,"time_to_build":42,"stack":44,"openness":45,"stage":45,"team_size":45},[],"unknown",{"praise":47,"objections":63,"requests":93,"questions":106,"alternatives":125},[48,56],{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Useful as a mini-monitor for tailing logs over ssh","commenter",[52],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},"5102989","bane","I'm using this right now on my phone as a mini-monitor tailing a tomcat log on a server I'm ssh'd into. I don't use my phone most of the day anyway, now I can have it do…",{"value":57,"source":50,"evidence":58},"Vim support is appealing",[59],{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},"5102885","_b8r0","This looks really, really cool, especially the vim support. What would be really awesome would be a native port of gcc and other supporting tools to create packages on the…",[64,75,86],{"value":65,"source":50,"evidence":66},"Not really a Linux distro; closer to a userland of command line tools",[67,71],{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"5104373","trotsky","I hate to sound like a grumpy neckbeard but what's the world coming to when a clearly pretty clueful guy dismisses android as lot linux without a footnote but then goes on to…",{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"5105494","BruceIV","Agreed, this is no more a \"Linux distro\" than Cygwin is, but it does sound useful (much like Cygwin's bash shell).",{"value":76,"source":50,"evidence":77},"No C compiler included",[78,82],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"5106103","bitwize","No C compiler? It's not really a Linux distro without a C compiler.",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"5103837","jimrandomh","This got my hopes up, but I don't see what it does that Terminal IDE doesn't already. I was hoping it would include gcc and the ability to compile things, so that it could be the…",{"value":87,"source":50,"evidence":88},"Claim that there is no X server on Android is false",[89],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"5103044","LukeShu","The author states that there is no X server for Android. That is false, and not even hard to verify: ``` App name: X Server Website:…",[94,99],{"value":95,"source":50,"evidence":96},"Include gcc or a native compiler toolchain",[97,98],{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},{"value":100,"source":50,"evidence":101},"Post the source on GitHub",[102],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"5102852","josteink","As someone who has opkg on his router and NAS... This looks very tempting. Especially on the Android tablet. Edit: Android says source for this is available on demand. I've asked…",[107,118],{"value":108,"source":50,"evidence":109},"How does this differ from Terminal IDE?",[110,114],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"5102936","limmeau","Cool. How does this differ from Terminal IDE?",{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"5103061","mikegirouard","I had thought along these lines too. AFAICT, Terminal IDE is geared toward more of a developer toolset. Thats not to say you couldn't use this as a dev platform though.",{"value":119,"source":50,"evidence":120},"Could fakechroot be used to fake the root filesystem?",[121],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"5107311","gizmo686",">Because an unpriveleged user has very limited access to the filesystem, the entire root filesystem is located somewhere under the Android app's preferences directory. From a…",[126,131,138,145],{"value":127,"source":50,"evidence":128},"Terminal IDE",[129,130],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},{"value":132,"source":50,"evidence":133},"Debian Kit for Android",[134],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"5106210","carmen","with a trivial script to setup bindmounts and such, you can easily run a full linux distro on android's kernel, concurrent with the main Android OS. Debian Kit for Android is…",{"value":139,"source":50,"evidence":140},"OpenWrt on Android without root",[141],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"5114210","beishay","Here https:\u002F\u002Fsites.google.com\u002Fsite\u002Ftaldewandroid\u002F is an overview on how to install OpenWrt on Android without root. This includes a package system too, with dependency management…",{"value":146,"source":50,"evidence":147},"X Server for Android",[148],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},{"comments":36,"answered":32,"key":150},[151],{"id":152,"text":153},"5102798","Looks like this one allows you to cover more ground and doesn't state an issue about dns resolution problems.",{"commenters":15,"max_depth":38,"maker_replies":36,"first_comment_mins":155,"lifespan_hours":156},39,42,[158,160,162,164,166,169,170,171,173,175,177,180,183,184,186],[68,32,32,159,69,32],"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[72,32,32,161,73,32],"commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[90,36,36,163,91,32],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdocs",[53,38,41,165,54,32],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[167,31,32,159,168,32],"5102758","shagrath",[152,31,32,161,11,36],[103,31,41,165,104,32],[60,172,41,165,61,32],4,[83,41,36,174,84,32],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[135,41,32,176,136,32],"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[122,178,31,179,123,32],6,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[111,181,31,182,112,32],7,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[115,181,31,182,116,32],[142,185,32,176,143,32],8,[79,33,36,174,80,32],[],[189,194,198,203,208,213],{"id":190,"name":191,"points":192,"category":193},"5096653","SoundGecko Hacker News station",315,"consumer_social",{"id":195,"name":196,"points":197,"category":193},"5096876","Toogles",189,{"id":199,"name":200,"points":201,"category":202},"5098565","Open Source Rails",158,"learning_science",{"id":204,"name":205,"points":206,"category":207},"5094333","Freethroww",152,"creative",{"id":209,"name":210,"points":211,"category":212},"5087572","Juggle It",142,"games",{"id":214,"name":215,"points":216,"category":19},"5104305","testelf",77,false,"v2",{"id":220,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":217,"cat":19,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":221,"top":15,"kw":222,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":18,"attempts":32,"strip":223,"url":9,"mix":224,"praise":49,"objection":65,"sub":20},5102644,-0.04,[23,24,25,26,27],"001500551033301",[31,31,32,31],1793990890044]