Trying Ubuntu Touch on your smartphone or tablet was made much easier recently with the launch of a new dual-boot mode, enabling Canonical’s mobile OS to be installed alongside Android.
Despite warning that it was merely a ‘developer preview’ and not encouraged for use by users, many readers who tried to install it on their Nexus devices using the instructions provided by Ubuntu developers were left a little stumped.
Not wanting to see such an accessible window into Ubuntu Touch lose support, reader Manish Shetty has put together a thorough video tutorial.
Clocking in at over 11mins, the clip walks through the entire dual-boot installation process on supported Nexus devices (including, he says, the Nexus 5).
His method does differ in places from the ‘recommended’ install method, and those unsure of what they’re doing remain advised to give it a miss.
But, if you know your way around adb and the command line, and want to give this dual-boot malarky a whirl, go grab your Nexus, a coffee and hit play on the video below.
Video Description:
Step by step guide on how to install Ubuntu touch to be able to Dual Boot with Android on any of your Nexus Device. I Have tested this on my google nexus 4 running android 4.4.2 KitKat. The Process mainly has 2 parts :
1. Rooting your nexus device.
2. Installing Ubuntu Dual Boot App.
The rooting procedure shown in the above tutorial will work for all the nexus devices with a number of Android flavours -- including stock releases and CyanogenMod -- for Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and up. If you have already rooted your nexus device,feel free to the jump to the part where i flash the ubuntu installer app (timeline below).
1. Enable USB Debugging [0:31]
2. Unlock Bootloader [3:07]
3. Copy SuperSU & Ubuntu Installer Files [5:45]
4. Root Nexus Device [7:32]
5. Flash Ubuntu Installer [8:10]
6. Install Ubuntu on Nexus [9:04]
7. Ubuntu touch first look [10:09]
Download Link: http://ubuntuone.com/7LEkjpGVQ9q9Xaar...
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