Availabilities of get_iplayer under OS other than Win and Linux

[Clive]

Thanks for your assistance Andy ... and the fun way, edged mildly in 
sarcasm, that you used to direct me to google. I really had not thought 
of that option, believing that google does not know everything.

Clive



On 26/09/11 13:26, Andy Stevens wrote:
> If there's a "standard Linux install" that's built for ARM, includes all
> the necessary device drivers for the tablet's sensors etc., and you can
> find a way to re-flash the built-in OS with it, then it might work.
> Search the net for "debian" and the tablet's manufacturer/model and see
> if anything comes up.
>
> As for a terminal prompt, http://tinyurl.com/645resj is one option.
>
>
> Andy.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clive" <roadcone at gmx.com>
> To: <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Availabilities of get_iplayer under OS other than Win and
> Linux
>
>
>> I certainly did not realise that - showing my ignorance. So, does that
>> mean that a standard Linux install will work on an Android tablet? Do
>> Android tablets have a command prompt (showing my DOS heritage now),
>> sorry, terminal?
>>
>> Clive
>>
>>
>> On 24/09/11 19:26, Andy Stevens wrote:
>>> Actually, you've probably looked at a lot of tablets that are Linux,
>>> seeing as that's what Android's based on... they just don't run
>>> ubuntu. ;-)
>>>
>>> On 24 Sep 2011 17:13, "Clive" <roadcone at gmx.com
>>> <mailto:roadcone at gmx.com>> wrote:
>>> > I was looking at these new-fangled ;-) tablet PCs. Most of them are
>>> not
>>> > Windows, and I have found none that are Linux. Does there exist, or
>>> are
>>> > there plans to produce, a version of get_iplayer for other OSs -
>>> > particularly Android?
>>> >
>>> > Clive
>
>