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Android tweaked to run on PCs, LiveCD released

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Old 07-15-2009
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Android tweaked to run on PCs, LiveCD released

The whole world might be buzzing about Google’s upcoming Chrome OS, but while we wait for its release sometime in the second half of 2010, an enterprising group of hackers have ripped apart the search giant\'s other operating system and posted an x86 version that will run on desktop computers. Originally targeted at smartphones, Google’s Android OS can now be downloaded as a LiveCD, so you can try out the open-source platform without buying a G1 or HTC Magic.

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And if you stick a 5 1/4 inch floppy in the other drive, you should be able to run Lotus 123 and...

Wow, this is progress.
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This should be fun to mess around with, at the least.
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