A student appeared in my physics class with an Archos 7 inch tablet and said that if I could get a "Linux" on a usb stick, that I could try getting it to do what he heard was a thing that didn't get on the tablet but was in the memory.
I said that was a "live boot".
He has a mini to normal usb cable.
Here are the specs for software from the pdf about Archos from QVC.
Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista, XP, or higher
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Linux (with Mass Storage Device Support)
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USB 2.0 interface
Soooooo if somebody could give me some advice, I don't know what I really need, I could try to maybe put a Unity distro on a usb stick and give the thing a try.
The other thing, about getting on the net, is that one needs access through a phone, which i do have in that I have an android, that has the mini usb port, so I guess that I could purchase a "cable" that would go from my android to the Archos and provide internet support. I do have a data plan and know the Verizon rep very well, and he could tell me if Verizon would squawk about trying it.
However, i could also get on at the college since it has wifi and the device has wifi.
The reason he bought the thing was the price, He got it in their introductory blowout price of something like a hundred and seventy bucks or something, price is now 259
Archos 7 inch display
so any advice as to distro, tricks about getting it on a usb stick, which I did before with I think Frugal or some such a long time ago?
woodsmoke
I said that was a "live boot".
He has a mini to normal usb cable.
Here are the specs for software from the pdf about Archos from QVC.
Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista, XP, or higher
•
Linux (with Mass Storage Device Support)
•
USB 2.0 interface
Soooooo if somebody could give me some advice, I don't know what I really need, I could try to maybe put a Unity distro on a usb stick and give the thing a try.
The other thing, about getting on the net, is that one needs access through a phone, which i do have in that I have an android, that has the mini usb port, so I guess that I could purchase a "cable" that would go from my android to the Archos and provide internet support. I do have a data plan and know the Verizon rep very well, and he could tell me if Verizon would squawk about trying it.
However, i could also get on at the college since it has wifi and the device has wifi.
The reason he bought the thing was the price, He got it in their introductory blowout price of something like a hundred and seventy bucks or something, price is now 259
Archos 7 inch display
so any advice as to distro, tricks about getting it on a usb stick, which I did before with I think Frugal or some such a long time ago?
woodsmoke
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