Dual boot is already possible and Archos is working on it. But since it will void the warranty, I haven't tried it myself. And also someone has been able to root and overclock the device, and can use swap memory to overcome the 256mb ram limitation. But I haven't tried it either.

http://archosfans.com/2010/12/13/dua...ally-released/

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"Just like for Gen6 and Gen7, Archos is releasing a “Special Edition Firmware” for all the Gen8 tablets, what this potentially allows is to dual-boot the Archos tablets with all types of embedded Linux OS such as alternative Android firmwares, Ubuntu, Angstrom or even Meego.

Basically this SDE firmware voids warranty (because potential hardware damage through over-clocking is no longer under Archos control), and it replaces the need for someone to hack root access to the official firmware. Basically it ads support for dual-booting alternative OS, and you can still continue to have the default normal Android OS image and update that just as normal as well. Discuss Open Development in the Open Development forum section: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewforum.php?f=34"