Linux Deploy supports the launch of the BackTrack distribution for Android. The prepared image of this distribution can be downloaded from the Linux-on-Android project website.

Playbook

• Download the image, unpack it and copy it to the SD card.

• In the properties:
  • Distribution - Ubuntu;
  • Distribution suite - lucid;
  • Installation type - File;
  • Installation path - the path to the image file (for example, /sdcard/backtrack.img);
  • User name - backtrack (or root);
  • Desktop environment - GNOME.

• Run reconfiguration (“Properties” -> “Reconfigure”).

• Start the GNU/Linux system with the “START” button from the main application window.

• Connect to the system via VNC. The password to access the system after reconfiguration will be: changeme

IntelliJ IDEA was launched using Linux Deploy.

Runs on OpenJDK 7 under Debian 7.0 on Samsung Galaxy S2. It was possible to build and run the “Hello World” project.

Tested under Debian/wheezy/armhf on a Samsung Galaxy S II.

SD card read / write speed (10 class) on Android for file systems vfat, ext2, ext4:

• vfat: read speed 14.1 MB/s; write speed 12.0 MB/s
• ext2: read speed 14.9 MB/s; write speed 3.9 MB/s
• ext4: read speed 14.9 MB/s; write speed 16.6 MB/s
• ext2 (loop): read speed 17.0 MB/s; write speed 7.4 MB/s
• ext4 (loop): read speed 17.2 MB/s; write speed 8.8 MB/s

Installation time and use space on disk (Debian wheezy/armhf on Samsung Galaxy S II):

• Without GUI ~ 0:12 / 260 MB
• XTerm ~ 0:14 / 290 MB
• LXDE ~ 0:19 / 450 MB
• XFCE ~ 0:20 / 495 MB
• GNOME ~ 0:55 / 1.3 GB
• KDE ~ 1:20 / 1.3 GB

Linux Deploy is open source software for quick and easy installation of the operating system GNU/Linux on your Android device.

The application creates a disk image or a directory on a flash card or uses a partition, mounts it and installs an OS distribution. Applications of the new system are run in a chroot environment and working together with the Android platform. All changes made on the device are reversible, i.e. the application and components can be removed completely. Installation of a distribution is done by downloading files from official mirrors online over the internet. The application can run better with superuser rights (root).