G15 PMN in Android-x86: this installation is for experts only, and purely described in terms of abstract main points =================================== =================== ============= ======= Aristo Tacoma, September 12, 2019. Info text for a .zip which is available at g15pmn.com, g15pmn.com points to the G15 PMN area of norskesites.org, the main location for G15 PMN on the internet. >>g15pmn_in_android_x86.zip * IT IS, AS IT SEEMS, ABSOLUTELY COMPATIBLE WITH ALL THE OTHER VERSIONS OF G15 PMN ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS. Anything, everything. All the games, the image editor GEM, the B9edit, the whole feeling of programming, the first-hand sketching tool, etc, etc. * IT IS RUNNING AT A MEANINGFUL SPEED: * IT IS FULL G15 PMN. ALL OF IT. TOTALLY STABLE. =============================== =============================== You can run the full G15 PMN, with two-button mouse, and full 1024x768 on any laptop that runs the open source Android-x86. Known workaround: a couple of function key combinations are 'occupied': eg SHIFT-ArrowLeft is used by Android-X86 so hold ALT together with it to avoid calling on Android-x86. You can run all Android apps in the background and switch back and forth between them. Android-x86 is an open source project derived from Google's Android project. They have a high standard and a Google group forum. Android-x86 Oreo, version 8, a fairly new Android in 2019 terms, works on Asus laptops and many other laptops and starts a broad spectrum of all apps, on condition they in one way or another accept a larger screen that that of a phone, and that they accept a 'rooted' platform. 4 GB Ram and 64 GB disk is comfortable for this; a typical not-too-big laptop has a 1366x768 screen and the centre 1024x768 will be used for this linux and for the G15 PMN. Here are the main points, in abstraction, of how to do this. It requires expert skills. 1. Cleanse the harddisk of a suitable pc/laptop (suitable means it has enough power and also that you can turn of too-windows specific security controls stuff in its bios menu). 2. On the PC install eg Neon KDE Linux, which has flexibilities and an esthetics that improves on its Ubuntu core. Let it have the full disk. 3. Get hold of Android-x86 Oreo and follow the installation instructions for it. It will dynamically use the same file system as that underlying linux. 4. Press ESC or what it takes to get to boot menu when you start the PC and start and enjoy the eminent Android and the Google Playstore. You need your gmail account to activate it. 5. Install these two extremely well-made and extremely popular apps from the Playstore: Termux, and Vncviewer. With these two, and a working net connection, which can be a good vpn if you like, we'll manage to get it all done. 6. Inside Termux, install its x11 options and then Fedora through the Atilo script by Yadominjinta. 7. Configure Termux Fedora to work with the Vncviewer. The Vncviewer will be the screen of Fedora. Adjust Vncviewer so that it is set to High Picture Quality. 8. Use Fedora's 'dnf' command to get it up nicely with the tiny programs it can easily start (no shm, no sound, 1024x768). Install SDL2. To enable the copy/paste functionality: dnf remove clipit Speed of programs about half of what they would have had in running more natively. 9. Put the androidg15pmn.zip content to the Fedora, and start ./g15pmn. By putting 'autohide' to the bottom line of Fedora and by a click on the upper left of the G15 PMN frame you can 'remove decorations' and then G15 PMN is 1024x768 and there is little else on the screen. When you want the rest of Android, just move the mouse outside the the top or bottom screen limits and you can access it. It is elegant and flawless.