How Can I install Ubuntu on Galaxy Nexus

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How Can I install ubuntu system in my android phone Galaxy Nexus ?

Be aware that Ubuntu on Nexus 7 is not yet stable. It is under heavy development and therefore is likely to have a lot of bugs and errors. — Zilvador, Jan 03 '13 at 12:02
possible duplicate of What is 'Ubuntu for phones' and how can I get it? — hhlp, Jan 03 '13 at 12:59
Do you mean Ubuntu desktop, Ubuntu for Android, or Ubuntu for phones? — Flimm, Jan 03 '13 at 14:30
Clarification: This question is about Samsung Galaxy Nexus (i9250), and NOT ASUS / Google *Nexus 7. My answer, same as: @hhlp.* — david6, Jan 10 '13 at 06:29
Can anyone tell us when will we have a stable build for maguro ? — , Jul 23 '13 at 17:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '13 at 16:02

Ubuntu for Phone, has not been released to install in Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones yet. It has been rumored that it will be released towards the end of Feb 2013 as a developer platform. This means that it will not be 100% fully functional for general public yet.

Ubuntu for the Nexus 7 TABLET is available now. This is the Ubuntu Desktop version not for Gnex Phone.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '13 at 11:49

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This link describes all, go through it https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation

answered Jan 03 '13 at 11:49

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work for galaxy nexus ???? – user118399 Jan 03 '13 at 12:02
@user118399: As we all now aware of the news for Official release of Ubuntu on phones and tabs in coming future. But there are users who have installed Ubuntu successfully, one of the user commented like this "I am now using Ubuntu 12.04 on my Samsung Slate 7 tablet. This is quite expensive, but it's because it's a notebook. i5 quad core, 4GB ram etc. The result is super-nice. Luckily, I had chances to install Linux on quite many tablets since 2003. Until now, Slate7 + Ubuntu 12.04 is the best." so its totally your call. – VRU Jan 03 '13 at 12:32
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While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. – user68186 Jan 03 '13 at 13:23
@user68186 True I will try to edit the answer so that it explain briefly. Thanks for the suggestion. – VRU Jan 03 '13 at 13:44
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Note, your comment related to Samsung Slate 7 tablet does not apply to Galaxy Nexus, as the former is Intel i5 chip based tablet and the later is an ARM Cortex-A9 chip based phone. – user68186 Jan 03 '13 at 13:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 03 '13 at 12:01

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Right now, there is no way to install Ubuntu for Phones - the one that was announced yesterday. Regular Ubuntu can be installed officially only on ASUS Nexus 7, not on Samsung Galaxy Nexus. There is a way to install Ubuntu with "chroot", which makes Ubuntu run "inside" Android. That's relatively slow. Very slow. And many apps won't run, as the system won't have enough memory. How to install Ubuntu 12.04 this way:

[Guide] How to install Ubuntu on Android.

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answered Jan 03 '13 at 11:56

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i dont want to make my Gnex look like a desktop :( – user118399 Jan 03 '13 at 12:05
Unfortunately this is the only way. Sorry for the inconvenience. – horIzoN Jan 03 '13 at 12:09
do you know when will be Available for galaxy nexus ?? – user118399 Jan 03 '13 at 12:17
8/01/12. You can sign up here: https://forms.canonical.com/manhattan/ – horIzoN Jan 04 '13 at 09:17
Thats ok. Anytime. – horIzoN Jan 08 '13 at 12:15

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 21 '13 at 09:10

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Ubuntu is tested on galaxy nexus and procedure to install is described here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install?action=show&redirect=TouchInstallProcess

I am also a Galaxy Nexus owner and going to try the same in couple of days.

edited Mar 21 '13 at 09:10

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answered Mar 21 '13 at 08:26

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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Eliah Kagan Mar 21 '13 at 12:22

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