For all of those that are curious and adventurous there is an experimental Android Live CD Now Available for x86 Systems to download.

It is the Live Android alpha version 0.2 and it is based on Android Cupcake version 1.5. But it is still in rough form, because these are some of the features that are still missing: WiFi, Bluetooth, and audio. Yes that is a downer, but these are some of the features and it added to this new version: a mouse-controlled cursor, keyboard support, and Ethernet.

Yes you can run it from the LiveCD, but it also works good in VirtualBox or Microsoft Virtual PC - so you don't have to reboot your computer.

You can get it here:
http://code.google.com/p/live-android/

Tags: Android, Google, LiveCD, download

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Permalink Reply by Kitty on July 15, 2009 at 8:01pm

Yep, I'm actually writing a 'developing for android' class, and we're using it as the instruction base/test unit.

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Permalink Reply by Greg De Santis on July 15, 2009 at 8:34pm

I sure hope that you can use this newly updated release as a tool or an aide to help make a great class shine even brighter.

Since you have already started to use it, how functional is it and what are your first impressions? And how well does it scale for programming and developing for it so far?

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Permalink Reply by reaper on July 15, 2009 at 8:56pm

any screenshots available?

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Permalink Reply by Greg De Santis on July 15, 2009 at 9:09pm

Here are some from the people who run the project:
http://twitpic.com/photos/liveandroid
And here is an extra one running from Microsoft Virtual Machine:

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Permalink Reply by reaper on July 15, 2009 at 9:17pm

thanks

why does it look like i'm looking at a widescreen g1 phone lol

although it kinda reminds me of pre-95 windows with those 3 icons on the bottom