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Bangalore Android Developers Meetup 3 : Live event

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3:05 PM The meetup comes to an end. Kaiwan did a wonderful job. Thanks to Misys and Rashmi! 2:26 PM Kaiwan is now talking about kernel, both normal and Android. Thats all I can comprehend. 2:09 PM Sorry for the delay in updating. I got drifted away by the discussion. Kaiwan's presentation was a real thought provoker. Can't capture all that people talk here, especially Kaiwan, have to ask him for his materials! 1:27 PM Root File System (RFS) is different from regular Linux. The RFS content (/bin, /etc etc) are inthe /system partition. FS used is YAFFS2. Security : Process runs as a secure sandbox. When Apps are installed, it will create a UID (Linux user ID) and the files are created by that application will bear that user and group ID. This will ensure the data security on FS. 1:21 PM Kaiwan : Android is not (only) linux Its based on a linux kernel No native windowing system No glibc support No GNU/linux utilites Android in not (only)

Android Dev Meetup Live Blogging

The Live Blogging will be here, tomorrow! And some tweets @galuano1 !