Install & Run X Windows (Gnome, KDE, IceWM) Over Debian on G1 Phone

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One of best thing about G1 Phone over any other mobile phone in this world is, it is based on open source operating system Google android, which is actually a Linux kernel. Since the core of G1 Phone is Linux more and more Linux experts coming up with amazing finding such as rooting your G1 Phone, installing latest rc33 firmware updates etc.

Here is another great finding for G1 Phone, You can now run X-Windows and your choice of GUI Gnome, KDE, IceWM etc on an Android device. Folks over at AndroidFanatic have managed to run X-Windows over Debian installed on G1. For those non-Linux users,

What Exactly X-Window System aka X11 is ?

X Windows System is Windows Desktop like GUI environment for Unix/linux like operating system. Now with this x-Windows you can do any thing with your G1 Phone or any other android device.

The complete guide of installing LXDE “Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment” is provided here, albeit this guide can be used to install Gnome, KDE, IceWM provided you have Debian installed on your G1 Phone.

Please note: The guide is bit complex and goes through several small guides.

Screenshot of G1 Phone Running LXDE