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Re:Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 AR... by liquidsnake on Monday June 04, 2012 @06:41AM (#4063369)
Exception: HP Touchpad. ICS runs great on it.
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Re:Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 AR... by fpgeek on Monday June 04, 2012 @07:08AM (#4063437)
I've read that the Nokia N9 also does a good job of running ICS.

Other counter examples: Boot2Gecko (runs well & generally demoed on a Samsung Galaxy S2), Ubuntu for Android, ASUS Transformers running various Linux distributions, ...

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Re:Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 AR... by tmzt on Monday June 04, 2012 @03:32PM (#4065481)
Because the touchpad had a fairly open bootloader and we built a more versatile one for it based on the same code base (moboot). The bootloader in the OMAP chip also allows booting from usb and does not require the second stage be signed.
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Re:Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 AR... by recoiledsnake on Monday June 04, 2012 @10:40AM (#4064180)
That is because WebOS was running a Linux kernel and the hardware was similar to a HTC phone(Sensation?).
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