Running *nix programs

[Mister2]

How feasible is it to run full on linux programs compiled from the source on a rooted Droid? For instance, something requiring simple dependecies like, say, metasploit (' ).(' ) could be configured and ran in a manner akin to what you have to do in slackware (assign all dependencies in the install script). If it's possible, i'll of course work in the virtual Android OS first.

[kevin@teslacoilsw]

It's possible but tricky.

Android is very different from desktop linux. The filesystem is different, the build tools are different, the libc is different (and lacks some weird things). Another option to look into is running debian (or slackware were if they have an arm build these days) in a chroot jail. I haven't done this yet but have seen reports of it.

There's three development kits for android, the commonly used SDK for Java, the less common NDK for C and C++, and the actual rom build from Welcome to Android | Android Open Source

You might be able to do what you want from the NDK but I'd recommend the android-sources. I wrote a little guide with regard to dropbear here:
Dropbear | TeslaCoil Software

Basically after getting the build environment you have to rewrite the Makefiles as Android.mk and you may need to do static linking rather than dynamic.