Complete Linux Installer

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About this app

Complete Linux Installer is an all in one solution to installing Linux distros on your Android device. Brought to you by the LinuxonAndroid project the app is designed to allow you to install a full Linux distro without touching your Android install.
Current distros include Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, ArchLinux, Kali Linux, openSUSE and more coming soon!

--------------------REQUIREMENTS--------------------
* ROOTED
* Kernel that supports loop devices
* Armv7 processor (Debian does work on Armv6 but other distros do not)
* As much free RAM as possible (you are after all installing a desktop OS)


--------------------Included in the app--------------------
* Installer for Ubuntu 13.04, 13.10, Debian 5 and 8, Kali Linux, Fedora 19, Arch Linux
* All future Linux distros I support
* Boot widget
* Linux Launcher
* Both Torrent and Normal download options

--------------------Need Help or more Info? --------------------
We offer a range of support channels to make sure all users get the help they need, please do not rate the app low if you have not tried to get support, what makes us different to other projects is we try VERY hard to give support to all users. The following methods are available:
*And Email support via [e-mail]

Ratings and reviews

Spent three days trying to get this to work. Managed to root the tablet, and download the package, and load the extra apps required, however the instructions of what to do beyond that point are totally inadequate. Sure if you were an experienced programmer it may be easy, but for a person without indepth knowledge, and no detailed instructions it is a road to nowhere, apparently the downloaded apps have difficulty communicating with one another.

Installed this app, downloaded the image and unzipped (Ubuntu), installed BusyBox, Terminal Emulator and the VNC Client, configured the app to pick up the unzipped img file, but when I attempt to launch Linux i get the error "Unable to get permission from the terminal app, please reinstall Complete Linux Installer". Terminal emulator runs fine, can su, but I have no idea what to do next to troubleshoot. No usable docs online (the FAQ is 3 questions with no detail!). #FAIL

I got around "Unable to get permission from the terminal app..." by opening Terminal Emulator before invoking Complete Linux Installer and issuing a "mount -rw -t vfat /dev/block/vold/179:1 /storage/sdcard0" command because of how android treats apps discretely. Then the fun began. The linux images were quite dated. Ubuntu was a "Saucy" release. I set out on the upgrade path from Saucy > Trusty > Xenial > Bionic. Focal is up next. But, hey, I got Linux running an old KitKat tablet.

What's new

v3.0 public beta - we are back!

* Fixed crash when launching Linux
* Text proofread by the awesome Sonnet
* Added Setting icon in launcher
* Auto install now shows a toast, an exciting new feature coming in 3.1!
* New File Picker Dialog making use of NoNonsense-FilePicker
* New Change log Dialog making use of http://petoria.de/android-change-log/
* Complete UI rebuild coming in line with more modern GUI practices
* Ground up code re-write
+ much more! (see website)