Android-x86
Android-x86 is an open source project that makes an unofficial porting of the Android mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance to run on devices powered by x86 processors, rather than RISC-based ARM chips.
Developer | Chih-Wei Huang, Yi Sun | ||||||
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OS family | Android (Linux) | ||||||
Source model | Open source (includes proprietary components such as Google Play) | ||||||
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Kernel type | Monolithic (modified Linux kernel) | ||||||
License | Apache License 2.0 | ||||||
Official website | www |
Developers Chih-Wei Huang and Yi Sun originated the project in 2009. The project began as a series of patches to the Android source code to enable Android to run on various netbooks, tablets and ultra-mobile PCs. Huang is the current project maintainer. Currently active developers include Mauro Rossi and Michael Goffioul.
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