One of the most exciting new products shown at CES 2016 has become a mini-computer Remix Mini costing around $ 70. Attention to this development has attracted above all a new operating system based on Android called Remix OS. In this article you will find out where you can already download the OC and how to install on your computer.
ISVs have already been several attempts to transfer Android mobile on desktop. Remix OS - the most successful project of its kind. Installing the operating system on your computer (Windows, Linux or OS X), we get a usual multi-tasking, the ability to work in a window mode, the keyboard and mouse support, convenient taskbar and start menu applications - in short, all the things are accustomed to for many years users desktops. In addition, the operating system has low system requirements, so you can use it on a budget or obsolete computers. But the most important thing - it is, of course, a huge number of Android-apps from the Google Play catalog, many of which have no analogues on other platforms.
The new operating system, which is being developed by Jide based on Android Lollipop, it was to see the light on 12 January. However, there was a leak, and one of the pre-release versions went into free swimming a little bit before then. It is with it you can learn right now. Here's what to do to fix Remix OS 2.0 on your computer.
System requirements for Remix OS 2.0:
- Stick USB 3.0 with the ability to format in FAT32, the minimum capacity - 8 GB and a read speed of 20 MB / s.
- A computer with the ability to boot from the USB-stick.
- Download the necessary files for that link (Magnet). To do this, use set your torrent-client.
- Format the USB flash drive to FAT32 standard Windows system utility. Remember that while all data on it will be lost.
- Open the downloaded folder and you get it program remixos-usb-tool.exe. This is a utility for recording system image on a USB flash drive.
- After starting the utility, specify in the ISO File field on lying in the same folder as the image of the system. Make sure that the USB Disk contains the correct value - the drive letter assigned to your flash drive.
- After pressing the OK button starts the process of recording system image to a USB-stick. The time needed depends on the recording speed, but is unlikely to exceed 10-15 minutes.
- When creating a bootable USB drive is complete, you will need to reboot and enter the BIOS or UEFI settings. This requires to change the order of loading devices so that the first USB-device was. Different manufacturers of these settings may vary significantly, so for detailed instructions on this occasion it is better to turn to them.
- After you save the new settings, you should restart the download again. At this time the system starts to boot it from a flash drive, you will see the following menu.
The first point in it will load Remix OS as a live-system. This means that all stored settings, installed programs and data is completely lost when you reboot. If you select Resident mode, you can work with Remix OS as with a standard operating system. You can install any program from Google Play, system setup, save documents. All your data will be stored in a dedicated section on the flash drive, and you can always access them. Thus, we get comfortable and functional operating system, which is located on the USB-Stick and is ready for use on any device to which you connect it.
Write to us in the comments about their experiences setting Remix OS 2.0 on your computer. Everything I get, what problems arose? And as a general impression of the new system?