Android-x86 version 4.4-RC2 [KitKat - x86]

Could it eventually replace a Microsoft Windows, a desktop Linux distribution or the Mac OS X? Maybe! A desktop or laptop running a more polished version of Android-x86 KitKat software easily could cash in on mobile Android's popularity and become an Android distro for PCs, said Nubo Software CTO Ron Munitz. After all, Android is Linux. It's based on the Linux kernel. 
Working with the Android OS on a desktop computer environment takes personal computing in a new direction. How many will follow it remains to be seen.
The release of Android-x86 version 4.4-RC1 (KitKat-x86) by the Android-x86 Project brings the viability of an Android distro as an alternative desktop several steps closer, but it is still a work in progress.
This software release lets you run a live session of Android from CD or USB drive -- or you can install Android KitKat for the PC on a laptop or desktop's hard drive.
This Android-x86 Project is an unofficial initiative to port Google's Android mobile operating system to run on computers powered by Intel and AMD x86 processors, including netbooks and laptops. The project is maintained by Chih-Wei Huang, who described the 4.4-RC2 version for PCs as a stable version based on Google's Android 4.4.2 (KitKat-MR1) release.
"The Android-x86 release has great potential for both consumers to use the Android OS on their legacy computers and vendors to use it for their own branded releases," Ron Munitz, CTO of Nubo Software, told LinuxInsider.
Nubo Software is developing an Android version that runs on servers. Munitz volunteered as a programmer on parts of the Android-x86 Project. 

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