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#73
Originally Posted by tso View Post
There was a hack made for the G1 to run X11, but i am unsure if it was generic enough for other android devices.
Yes indeed! I believe this is the same hack that uses a Debian environment and VNC to draw the display. While it works (well, I assume), I'm sure it's a little slow for some tasks, and not terribly battery friendly (though I could be wrong about this -- however it seems like a lot of overhead for rendering).

http://hackaday.com/2009/02/22/x11-on-android/

I wonder if it would be possible to forego the display drivers, and write an app that emulates X written using the Android stack? The benefit of this setup being that it can be rolled out to any device without custom drivers being required. Perhaps a single generic 'android display driver' that hooks directly into the X emulator for low latency display...
 

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