wraggster
June 9th, 2012, 09:22
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/mk802.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/09/linux-lands-on-mk802-mini-pc/)If the MK802 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/07/mk802-android-4-0-mini-pc-hands-on-impressions/) piqued your interest but has you pining for Ubuntu (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Ubuntu/), Linux Questions forum user michaelfisk has a solution. The secret sauce is a pre-baked image of Ubuntu 10.04 modified for a different device using the same 1.5 GHz Allwinner processor. Simply slide a microSD card prepped with a bootable image of the distro into the mini PC and you're set. Though Lucid Lynx can be coaxed to run on the $74 mini PC (http://www.engadget.com/tag/miniPC/) without considerable hassle, performance isn't exactly top notch -- unseemly load times and a few kinks are reportedly throughout the experience. Eager to load up your Cotton Candy (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/14/fxi-cotton-candy-may/)competitor with Linux? Hop past the break to see Liliputing give it a test drive or hit the links below for walkthroughs and the appropriate download.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/09/linux-lands-on-mk802-mini-pc/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/09/linux-lands-on-mk802-mini-pc/