Linux On Galaxy Tab2 10.1

[Ulfwald]

I am looking to start putting linux on my tablets, I have 3 of them. I would like to run linux alone, not side by side with the android os. The tablets are Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 from AT&T. I have fulfilled my contract, so I am not doing anything illegal. I just know that Linux runs better on older hardware than the new operating systems. Plus there has not been an update on this tablet in a year.

 

[jhu]

Unfortunately, that's probably not going to work. The problem is mainly due to drivers. The vanilla kernel doesn't have the device specific drivers, and the binary drivers that are present are specific to that kernel. Unlike the PC world, where hardware has does conform to legacy operating modes, ARM devices do not have a standard legacy interface for anything (ie in PC world, there's no device driver for your new fangled NVidia 79009 HD Overdrive Turbo Hyper Fighting video card? No problem! At least you can still get video output in VGA mode and see what's going on).

Your best bet really is to install Android, and if you want, install something like Debian in a chroot. That's what I've done with my phone. It's pretty neat compiling stuff on my phone.