Install “Android 4.4 KitKat” to Run Favourite Games and Applications in Linux

Android (x86) is a project which aims to port Android system to Intel x86 processors to let users install it easily on any computer, the way they do this is by taking android source code, patching it to work on Intel x86 processors and some laptops and tablets.

Install Android 4.4 KitKat in Linux

A few days ago, the project released “Android KitKat 4.4 RC2”, and today we will explain how to install it on VirtualBox, there is a problem that the mouse pointer doesn’t work in android in VirtualBox, but you may use this guide to install it beside other systems as a main system and the mouse should work I guess, otherwise we’ll use the keyboard.

Step 1: Install VirtualBox in Linux

1. VirtualBox is available to install easily via official repositories in most Linux distributions, to install it on Ubuntu run.

$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox

For other Linux distributions like RHEL, CentOS and Fedora, use the following article to install Virtualbox.

1. Install VirtualBox in RHEL, CentOS and Fedora

Step 2: Download and Install Android 4.4 KitKat in Virtualbox

2. This is an easy step, just download Android 4.4 x86 Kit Kat file from the androud Sourceforge.net project.

3. To install Android 4.4 kitkat on VirtualBox, you need first to boot from the .iso image that you downloaded, to do so, open VirtualBox, Click on new to create a new virtual machine, and choose the settings as follow.

Create New Virtual Machine

4. Then it will ask you to choose a Memory size for the machine, Android 4.4 kitkat needs1GB of RAM to work perfectly, but I will choose 512MB since I only have 1GB of RAM on my computer.

Set Memory to New Machine

5. Now select “Create a virtual hard drive now” to create a new one.

Create Virtual Hard Drive

6. It will now ask you for the type of the new virtual hard drive, select VDI.

Select Hard Drive Type

Select Storage Type

7. Now choose the size of the virtual hard drive, you may choose any size you want, no less than 4GB so the system can be installed correctly beside any future apps that you want to install.

Set Size for Virtual Drive

8. Now that’s your first virtual machine is created, now to boot from the .iso file that you downloaded, select the virtual machine from the list on the left, click on Settings, and go for “storage”, do as follow and select the .iso image of android 4.4 kitkat RC2.

Select Android KitKat ISO

9. Click on OK, and start the machine to boot the .iso image, choose “Installation” to start installing the system on the virtual machine.

Select to Install Android Kit Kat

10. Please select a partition to install Android-x86.

Select Partition Drive

11. Now you will be prompted cfdisk which is a partitioning tool that we will use to create a new hard drive, so we can install android 4.4 on it, Click on “New”.

Create New Partition

12. Choose “Primary” as partition type.

Choose Primary Partition

13. Next, select the size of the partition.

Select Size of Partition

14. Now, we have to make the new hard drive bootable in order to be able to write changes to the disk, click on “Bootable” to give the bootable flag to the new partition, you won’t notice any changes in fact but the bootable flag will be given to that partition.

Make Partition Bootable

15. After that, click on “Write” to write the changes to the hard drive.

Apply Changes to Partition

16. It will ask you if you are sure, write “yes” and click on Enter.

Confirm Partition Changes

17. Now that’s our new hard drive is created, now click on Quit and you will see something like this, select the partition that you created before in order to install android on it and hitEnter.

Choose Partition to Install Android

18. Choose “ext3” as a filesystem for the hard drive and format.

Select Ext3 Partition Type

Format Partition

19. You will be asked now if you want to install GRUB bootloader, of course you will select Yes, because if you don’t, you won’t be able to boot the new system, so choose “Yes” and hit Enter.

Install Boot Loader GRUB

20. Finally, you will be asked if you want to make the /system partition writeable, choose Yes, it will help in a lot of things later after you install the system.

Make Partition Writeable

21. The installer will start it’s mission… after the installer finishes the job, choose Reboot, in my test, the “Run-Android x86” didn’t work for me, so you have to reboot.

Android Kit Kat Installation

22. Now that’s we installed Android 4.4 KitKat RC2 on our hard drive, the problem is now that VirtualBox will keep loading the .iso image file instead of booting from the virtual hard drive, so to fix this problem, go to Settings, under “storage” select the .iso file and remove it from the booting menu.

Remove Android Kit Kat Image

23. Now you can start the virtual machine with the installed android system.

Start Android Kit Kat System

Android Splash Screen

24. Now you will start a wizard to configure some things before you start using Android. You will see a screen like this, Now the problem is, that the Mouse doesn’t work in android 4.4 KitKat, that means that we’ll be using our skills in keyboard, first choose the language you want using the Up and Down keys in the keyboard, and to go the next step, hit the Rightarrow key and click Enter.

Android Welcome Screen

Select WiFi Network

Create Android Google Account

Sign in Google Account

Set Date and Time

Enter Your Details

Android 4.4 Kit Kat Home Screen

Installing Android x86 will be good for you if you don’t have a smartphone and you want to use the Play Store apps easily, have you ever tried to install android x86? What was the results? Do you think that android may become a “real operation system” targeting PCs in the feature?

#Source: http://www.tecmint.com/install-android-kitkat-in-linux/

Fitur Translate Ada di Update WeChat for android

Ada fitur tambahan baru pada update wechat for android. Beberapa fitur baru ditambahkan. Dan ada fitur yang menarik pada aplikasi tersebut. Adanya fitur terjemahan.

Fitur itu akan membantu anda menerjemahkan bahasa yang anda inginkan. Sehingga anda tidak akan dibatasi dengan bahasa suatu negara manapun. Anda tinggal tap ikon translate.

Dukungan bahasanya lebih dari 20 bahasa asing. Seperti china, inggris, perancis, spanyol dan indonesia. Jika ingin ngobrol dengan orang asing, tinggal tap translate saja ke bahasa indonesia.

Source: Fitur Translate Ada di Update WeChat for android | Android Indonesia 

Sonos adds SoundCloud to music service lineup in beta form

Sonos is today adding SoundCloud to it's lineup of services in beta form. Sonos owners will now be able to connect to SoundCloud's complete library, which features music from new and established artists from all around the world.

Users wanting to listen to SoundCloud's free service can add it to their existing lineup of music services using the new Sonos Controller app. Simply hit Add Music Services and select SoundCloud from the list. Support for SoundCloud is rolling out today, though it might not be available to all users yet.

Are you glad to see SoundCloud come to Sonos? Tell us below in the comments.

Source: Sonos

http://www.androidcentral.com/sonos-adds-soundcloud-music-service-lineup-beta-form

LG Pamerkan Layar OLED Fleksibel 18 Inci yang Bisa Digulung

Perkembangan teknologi panel layar semakin maju. Tercatat saat ini sudah ada panel layar berdesain melengkung atau yang bisa ditekuk. Namun begitu ukurannya masih tergolong kecil dan baru diperuntukan untuk industri elektronik mobile seperti perangkat smartphone.

Dilaporkan Engadget, baru-baru ini LG Display mengumumkan telah berhasil membuat layar lengkung berukuran lebih besar. Layar OLED berukuran 18 inci ini tidak hanya berdesain melengukung standar, tetapi juga bisa digulung. Ya, layar tersebut bisa digulung seperti tabung dengan diameter sekitar 3cm.

Layar prototipe yang saat ini diperkenalkan memiliki resolusi 1.200 x 810 piksel. Layar ini menggunakan bahan film polimida terbaru yang menawarkan fleksibilitas lebih tinggi dan tentunya juga lebih tipis.

Selain memamerkan layar fleksibel, LG juga menciptakan panel OLED transparan. Dengan penggunaan material yang lebih baik, gambar yang terlihat juga jauh lebih baik serta lebih jelas. Menurut SVP dan Head of R&D LG Display, In-Byung Kang, ia yakin di tahun 2017 perusahannya bisa menyelesaikan pengembangan panel OLED Ultra HD fleksibel dan transparan yang berukuran lebih dari 60 inci.

#source: http://www.teknoup.com/news/30469/lg-pamerkan-layar-oled-fleksibel-18-inci-yang-bisa-digulung/

via Engadget

Linux Note-taking App ‘Springseed’ Refreshes UI

Springseed, the simple note-taking app for Linux that features full markdown support, quietly pushed out a new release over the weekend.

The open-source app is currently only available on Linux, offering users a minimalistic UI  for writing, storing and categorising notes, thoughts, code snippets, and more. Notes can be synced between computers using the built-in Dropbox sync, though this isn’t required to use the app.

Springseed 2.0

Version 2.0, the first stable update since February, refreshed the application’s UI with a darker, angular new look. The light colour scheme and custom window frames of version 1.1 have been replaced by a dark sidebar with large typography, native window borders and a boxier, flatter design with colourful accents in the edit window and high contrast icons.

While there is little in the way of new feature additions, save for a word count in the edit mode, there are various improvements to code syntax support and a batch of miscellaneous bug fixes to help improve stability.

Download Springseed 2.0

Springseed 2.0 is written in CoffeeScript, and uses Spine.JS and the Atom Shell framework. It’s available as a free download for Ubuntu 13.10 and up using .deb installers provided on the project website

                 

Source# http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/06/springseed-2-0-linux-app-released       

                  Download Springseed 2.0 for Ubuntu

LG G3 Style ‘All In One Circle’ Conky Theme

With a near limitless variety of custom-made themes available for it, Conky has always been one of the best ways to add a splash of personality to any humdrum Linux desktop.

It’s this diversity that has fuelled a great many posts on this very tabloid website over the years. But recently, having glanced back at older items, I noticed something peculiar: few themes are circular.

Enter “All In One Circle Conky” which is, as you’ll no doubt be gobsmacked to learn, a rounded Conky theme. It puts a porthole of information on your desktop, displaying time, date, weather and Wi-Fi strength at a glance.

But as neat as this particular config may be its real plus is that it has been designed to work with the GUI ‘Conky Manager’ tool. We’ve not written a great deal about this utility, which is a little surprising given how easy it makes managing, previewing and tweaking Conky setups on Ubuntu.

So, in an effort to politely nudge two birds with one stale bun, here’s how to install Conky Manager 2 on Ubuntu, and set up this rounded theme.

Install Conky & Conky Manager 2 on Ubuntu

First things first: to use Conky themes you need to have Conky itself installed. You don’t need to go far to get it as it’s available in the Ubuntu Software Centre. Just click the button below to trigger installation.

Install Conky-All from Ubuntu Software Centre

Next, we’ll grab the handy GUI app that helps us manage themes. It’s not a requirement to use it for this particular theme, but it does make it easier. To install Conky Manager 2 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS first add the project PPA, then update your sources and install.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install conky-manager p7zip

After installation has completed you can launch the app from the Unity Dash (or your preferred desktop app launcher).

Install and Configure the theme

With all the requirements taken care of the final step is to download the ‘All in One Circle’ theme itself. It’s available direct from the author speedracker’s DeviantArt page.

Download All In One Conky (.7z)

After the download has completed you simply need to import it into Conky Manager by dragging and dropping the entire .7z archive file into the main app window.

You’ll see a small notification that it installed correctly. Then, select the theme and hit ‘run’.

If you’re installing it manually then a) you’re hardcore and b) you probably know how to proceed. If not, just install the GUI app above as what follows assumes you’re using it.

Tweaking the theme

By default the theme is preconfigured with data that might not be applicable to you (e.g., weather or Wi-Fi) so you’ll need to adjust the config manually.

In Conky Manager, highlight the theme in the app and click the ‘edit’ button to open the config in your default text editor.

To change the weather first load up Yahoo! Weather in your browser, search for your city and copy the 6 digit code in the URL. Back in the text editor, scoot down to the line containing the text ‘http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=1103816&u=c’ and replace the stock weather code with the one for your location. To change the temperature unit to Fahrenheit replace the ‘c’ at the end of this link with ‘f’.

To change the Wi-Fi, search for ‘wlan0‘ and replace it with the corresponding wireless device for your active connection (which is likely to be ‘wlan1‘ if ‘wlan0‘ isn’t working).

Lastly, save your edits, return to the Conky Manager app and hit the ‘Run’ button to launch All In One Circle on the desktop.

source# http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/07/conky-circle-theme-nod-lg-quick-cover