Android-x86

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Release Note 4.4-RC2

(2014/05/20)

The Android-x86.org is happy to announce the 4.4-RC2 release to public. This is the second candidate of Android-x86 4.4 stable release. A live CD ISO is available in the following site:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/android-x86/files/Release 4.4/

Key Features

The 4.4-RC2 release is based on the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat-MR1 release) with a lot of x86 specified code to let the system runs smoothly on x86 platforms, especially for netbooks or tablets. Except the features and bugfixes since 4.4-RC1, there are more features include

Update to stable kernel 3.10.40 with more bugfixes.
Automatically mount ntfs/exfat/ext4 in the external storages (usbdisk/sdcard).
Enhance the sensors support including Intel sensor-hub and Pegatron Lucid Tablet Accelerometer.
Add launcher and file manager from CyanogenMod.
Add 5-point touch calibration app from 0xdroid.
Improve suspend and resume functions.
Add rtl8723au wifi driver.

Released Files

We tried to create a universal image for most x86 platforms for the kitkat-x86 release. The plan is still in an experimental stage. Please report bugs to the android-x86 forum with detailed specs of your machine and error logs.

android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso
sha1sum: 3b7acd23d3feb87ed13a2c5f489ea1a3f254f809

The iso file is hybrid format. That means you can dump the iso into a usb drive and get a bootable usb stick, like

dd if=android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso of=/dev/sdX

where /dev/sdX is the device name of your usb drive.

Known Issues

Suspend and resume may not work on some systems.
The installer can't format ext3 filesystem.

Source code

The source code is available in the main git server.

        repo init -u git://git.osdn.net/gitroot/android-x86/manifest -b kitkat-x86

        repo sync

Read this page for how to compile source code.