UPDATE: (15th Jan 2009)

Haven't forgotten, I have been away on a course for a few days and was hoping to have this wrapped up before I left but I am afraid it didn't happen that way. HOWEVER whilst stuck in the hotel I have been creating a decent ONE-CLICK type installer for you to get this running without any messing about. None of the process does any damage to your underlying android device and your phone still does everything it used to - even while Debian is running. Think of it as a Virtual Machine, except not.

Again, the tutorial and installer will be located here within the next couple of days.

After nights and nights of research, hacking and modding, it's paid off. An easier way for full blown linux without lugging your laptop around. Please bear in mind that linux is the most powerful and stable OS in the world. Now bear with me a day or two!

This is going to be a FULL STEP BY STEP UPDATED tutorial and ONE-CLICK type installer on how to get Debian running on your Android (G1 at the moment) device, the whole install process will take you about 30 mins 10 minutes, and leave you with access to the full plethora of programs available in Debian and let's you continue using your phone as it was intended to be: as an Android device with all the capabilities thereof.

None of the process does any damage to your underlying android device and your phone still does everything it used to - even while Debian is running. Think of it as a Virtual Machine, except not.

The tutorial will be located here within the next couple of days.

PS: it's really quite simple! Thank god for hackers and open-source! A Full-blown linux box right there in your pocket!

Meanwhile here's what FULL Debian on an Android looks like:

Again the FULL tutorial on how to do this will be located here within the next couple of days.