AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

August 12, 2016

Adding pre-built apps to your build

One of the big things that always comes up is that of adding pre-built apps to your build. Make is so dynamic that you could add these in just about […]

August 10, 2016

Using a fallback branch to overcome poor choice of repository branch names

I know that we have looked at fallback branches before, but this really is worth looking at again. Last time, we saw an instance where there was not a branch […]

August 8, 2016

Error: forbidden warning!

Dun, dun, duhnnnn…. The forboding sound of the forbidden warning. The warning that was forbidden. Oh the horror! Okay, so it really isn’t that bad, but it sure sounds bad. […]

August 5, 2016

Porting Debian Linux to your cell phone part 3 of 3

If you are still with me, then you have already set up your phone to first boot Debian Linux, and then Linux will start Android in a chroot environment. Your […]

August 3, 2016

Porting Debian Linux to your cell phone part 2 of 3

If you are following along from the previous post: great! Good work. I’m glad that you are still with me! Today’s changes are actually all you need to do to […]

August 1, 2016

Porting Debian Linux to your cell phone part 1 of 3

First and formost, I would like to clear the air. This is not a set of instructions on how to put Linux on your phone, as you would do with […]

July 29, 2016

Optional instructions: Adding repositories to your i927 as a Debian “Chatter” Phone

I have adapted some work that I did a while back on the Samsung Captivate Glide (i927), the official post, etc, can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/captivate-glide/general/samsung-captivate-glide-debian-chatter-t3233807 I also made a […]

July 27, 2016