Which Linux?

[mozicodo]

If you're doing GUI development, Fedora handles Eclipse a little better than Ubuntu did for me.

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[bikeandestroyx]

Linux mint is the way to go, based off ubuntu, never had a problem with any drivers not working. Could not for the life of me get wireless on anything but mint last year either. Fedora is also very nice, i would say make a partition and just install a couple distro's and see what you like the best. It doesnt take long to install, or you can boot them off cd and see what you like that way.

[INSANENEIVIESIS]

ubuntu 10.04 with a 100gb partition. thats my preference. it all depends on what you mean by android development. building android or making apps. making apps you can do in windows but open source is FTW

[kevdog]

If someone could point me how to compile from AOSP or from Cyanogen sources (and I mean the ROM in addition to the kernel, it would be great!!).

[1linuxfreak]

Ubuntu is for non-Linux users , for true hard core Fedora or openSUSE is preferred , after all the Father of Linux Linus Torvalds says he use Fedora or SuSE , so I go with the Master of the Linux Kernel and use one of those .
NOTE , after making the statement he only used Fedora (Red Hat) or SuSE , Linus was pushed and pestered by Ubuntu as to why he did not use it , he finally gave in and altered his statement , but originally he only stated Fedora , SuSE , seeing they were always a pure , advanced , and workable Linux . Originally Linus stated that Ubuntu was always in disarray , not good for a Linux Distro , and here is a thought , if Ubuntu is so easy and has so few problems , why is there a Forum filled with problems ? Ask yourself , just because a guy bought a ride into space , does that make him a Astronaut or just a Tourist with lots of money ?
Fedora or openSuse , for what it is worth , stay away from the U , teaches bad habits in Linux .

[czerdrill]

Ubuntu is for non-Linux users , for true hard core Fedora or openSUSE is preferred , after all the Father of Linux Linus Torvalds says he use Fedora or SuSE , so I go with the Master of the Linux Kernel and use one of those .
NOTE , after making the statement he only used Fedora (Red Hat) or SuSE , Linus was pushed and pestered by Ubuntu as to why he did not use it , he finally gave in and altered his statement , but originally he only stated Fedora , SuSE , seeing they were always a pure , advanced , and workable Linux . Originally Linus stated that Ubuntu was always in disarray , not good for a Linux Distro , and here is a thought , if Ubuntu is so easy and has so few problems , why is there a Forum filled with problems ? Ask yourself , just because a guy bought a ride into space , does that make him a Astronaut or just a Tourist with lots of money ?
Fedora or openSuse , for what it is worth , stay away from the U , teaches bad habits in Linux .

You're saying there are no Fedora or openSuse forums, where people have problems? Cuz...there are. Or are you saying that since it's so easy there shouldn't be problems ever? We both know that's just a ridiculous statement.

Ubuntu is fine and while it may be geared to beginners, I'm not sure what you mean by "teaches bad habits". Could you elaborate?

[brando56894]

It all depends on what youre comfortable with, myself I use Arch Linux, well actually its the new brached off distro called Chakra GNU/Linux. I installed Kubuntu on my friends pc and when I went to go work on it I was completely out of my element since Arch is setup more like BSD instead of Linux lol

[tcrews]

If someone could point me how to compile from AOSP or from Cyanogen sources (and I mean the ROM in addition to the kernel, it would be great!!).

Follow this guide for AOSP. "The basic guide is primarily setup around Ubuntu 10.04, and the Motorola Droid."
start [CVPCS Android Wiki]

(read it all...a few times...read the discussions section too as there are a few corrections/extras pointed out not in the main guide)

If you want to build Cyanogen use his manifest instead of Android's.

android:
repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git -b froyo

Cyanogen:
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b froyo

Cyanogen's is designed to compile under Java 6 while AOSP Froyo is still Java 5 based.