K-R42 UPGRADED TO OFFICIAL UBUNTU 13.10 SAUCY LINUX
The picture above was taken on my K-R42 using a tool called snapshot,any way i have been working day and night litteraly for 3 to 4 days without any sleep at times,adding in commands and all sorts in a attempt to get ubuntu 13.10 saucy which is a flavour (a version of a linux operating system) so i can have an up to date distribution of linux on my K-r42 android tv box,and well i have succeeded in doing that at long last.
The difference from upgrading is phenominal,the system handles the browser near flawlessly and in a timely fashion now,you can scroll far faster,open/install and surf through your appications and menus far quicker than before.The difference is simply astounding.
I shall come back and make a tutorial on the installation process, i have to say that it is hard work long winded, and that it involves a hell of a lot of repairing this and that and installing this in that to make good any fixes to help carry out the install.
All of this takes absolutely hours to accomplish as the installation is coming off a server and needs to be unpacked and then installed the terminal simply trickles along for hours applying various files to make good an upgrade to ubuntu.Abit like upgrading a windows os from an upgrade disc except using the ubuntu server as the disc.
The cons:
You will loose all if not most of the functionality of searching and commanding the terminal at 1st, all will appear futile and the installation will appear screwed.Do not worry it is fine after work with command is applied
Also you will not see any ubuntu software present,hoping that can be ammended by someone else in the future
And you will not be ableto backup using the inbuilt backup tool,it does work and attempts the job,but after a period it stays on a usb wakeup command? This is where my expertise is limited,i hope this to can be fixed by someone else in the future,i did notice it lost internet after this backup attempt was made,and it prevents searching of wireless networks.
I'LL BE BACK
I will be coming back and letting you know how to accomplish this in the very near future guys, so if you stay tuned for an update,or i may create a thread on this for you as apposed to writing in this thread,as the titles won't be ovious otherwise.
Other than the cons guys it appears to me as a npoob to be 100% operational and understands the packages and commands,also i inadvertantly reactivated the missing copy/paste optiom to the terminal again.
P.S : If you open the screenshot by clicking on it and then click the little magnifier symbol,that is located bottom right once you click obn the picture to open it up,you can magnify again a second time to read the command window (terminal) better,you clearly see my version number of ubuntu on my K-R42,you can tell it's a K-R42 installation as it is stating info in the lines of writing (code) that shows .armhf amd as i understand it .armhf files are the files for arm processors,so clearly this is no joke i am telling you.
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