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1. Intro

ANDROIDER (no idea why it must be capitalized, sorry) is a derivative of Ubuntu.

I took an iso of Ubuntu, stripped it to bare bones, then added an uber basic window manager, a login manager from when GUIs crawled out of their caves, a wireless manager and browser that only run in the command line, and the libraries+tools needed to build the AOSP. It limps along, has configuration errors and bugs up the wahazoo still, and wants to die at every turn. Oh, and the partition manager is command line only as well.

Depending on the version you download, it can build either FroYo and older, or Gingerbread and newer.

If you want something that lets you play games while building AOSP, go somewhere else. Like to Ubuntu. They'll help you with that.

2. More Complex Stuff

There are (or should be) at least 2 variations on ANDROIDER: x86 and x86_64. The one to download depends on which branch of AOSP you intend to sync. The x86 version has Sun Java 5 and can build branches based on FroYo and older. The x86_64 version has Sun Java 6 and can build branches based on Gingerbread and newer, including master (until 64-bit is somehow made obselete for building). Both have all of the applicable prerequisites as listed on the AOSP site.

The (seemingly) major programs are:
WM2 (a window manager only configurable at compile time)
XDM (default display manager of X.Org)
ELinks (text-based browser, the "lite" edition is installed)
WICD (WiFi manager, the curses interface is installed)
Nano (console-based text editor based on Pico, only text editor available)
Casper (Ubuntu's way of running a live system)
Aptitude (console-based equivalent to Synaptic, which isn't installed)
MemTest86+ (memory tester... unless "memtest" suddenly changes meaning to "me got broke brain, need test")

I'll make a list of every package installed in the two versions at some point, either when I remember or when I have the spare time (this project may not get many updates unless someone else does join).

And yes, I am terrible at making readmes. Go somewhere else for pretty readmes.

Hellcat
Source: README-sourceforge.txt, updated 2013-02-26