<s>
Android-x86	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
project	O
that	O
makes	O
an	O
unofficial	O
porting	O
of	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Open	O
Handset	O
Alliance	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
devices	O
powered	O
by	O
x86	B-Operating_System
processors	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
RISC-based	O
ARM	B-Architecture
chips	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
patches	O
to	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
source	O
code	O
to	O
enable	O
Android	B-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
various	O
netbooks	B-Device
,	O
tablets	B-Device
and	O
ultra-mobile	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OS	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Project	O
(	O
AOSP	O
)	O
with	O
some	O
modifications	O
and	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
components	O
are	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
project	O
which	O
allow	O
it	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
PC	B-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
some	O
low-level	O
components	O
are	O
replaced	O
to	O
better	O
suit	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
kernel	B-Application
and	O
HALs	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OS	O
enables	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
hardware	O
acceleration	O
via	O
Mesa	B-Application
if	O
supported	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
are	O
detected	O
,	O
including	O
Intel	B-Device
GMA	I-Device
,	O
AMD	O
's	O
Radeon	B-Device
,	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
chipsets	O
(	O
Nouveau	B-Application
)	O
,	O
VMware	O
(	O
)	O
and	O
QEMU	B-Application
(	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
a	O
supported	O
GPU	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
OS	O
can	O
run	O
in	O
non-accelerated	O
mode	O
via	O
software	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
a	O
normal	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
,	O
the	O
project	O
releases	O
pre-built	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
which	O
can	O
run	O
under	O
live	O
mode	O
or	O
installed	O
to	O
a	O
hard	O
disk	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
release	O
4.4-r2	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
also	O
releases	O
efi_img	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
live	O
USB	O
to	O
be	O
booted	B-Operating_System
from	O
on	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
release	O
4.4-r4	O
,	O
the	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
support	O
was	O
united	O
into	O
the	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
and	O
efi_img	O
was	O
marked	O
as	O
deprecated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Except	O
AOSP	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
incomplete	O
list	O
of	O
components	O
are	O
developed	O
from	O
scratch	O
or	O
derived	O
from	O
other	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
projects	O
to	O
form	O
the	O
entire	O
Android-x86	B-Application
codebase	B-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
Android-x86	B-Application
(	O
Q	O
)	O
and	O
(	O
R	O
)	O
branches	O
are	O
only	O
source	O
code	O
releases	O
as	O
of	O
August	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
related	O
project	O
,	O
Celadon	O
(	O
formerly	O
Android-IA	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
produced	O
by	O
Intel	O
that	O
will	O
run	O
on	O
newer	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
states	O
that	O
its	O
intention	O
is	O
to	O
drive	O
Android	B-Application
support	O
and	O
innovation	O
on	O
Intel	O
Architecture	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
providing	O
a	O
venue	O
for	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
re-used	O
the	O
drm_gralloc	B-Application
graphics	O
HAL	O
module	O
from	O
Android-x86	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
Intel	B-Application
HD	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Back	O
as	O
Android-IA	O
,	O
it	O
provided	O
a	O
FAQ	O
with	O
more	O
detailed	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jide	O
Technologies	O
partnered	O
with	O
Chih-Wei	O
Huang	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
developer	O
of	O
Android-x86	B-Application
,	O
on	O
Remix	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
a	O
closed-source	B-Application
derivative	O
of	O
Android-x86	B-Application
designed	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
conventional	O
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
beta	O
of	O
Remix	B-Application
OS	I-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
senior	O
member	O
of	O
XDA	B-Application
Developers	I-Application
created	O
Android	B-Application
TV	I-Application
x86	B-Operating_System
to	O
provide	O
Android	B-Application
TV	I-Application
for	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
which	O
"	O
should	O
work	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
because	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
has	O
its	O
roots	O
in	O
the	O
Android-x86	B-Application
project	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
