Linux on the iPod

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 4, 2003 @04:18AM from the now-we're-talking dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linux Devices reports that Linux now runs on an Apple iPod. Further information about the project can be found on the Linux on iPod Website." Still lacks features like power management and firewire support, but it's still a cool project. CT Ok it's a dupe. But it's still neat!

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Dupe! by EnglishTim · 2003-02-04 04:24 · Score: 4, Insightful

Man, I'm glad I haven't paid for a subscription...
Re:This is a dupe from a few hours ago by larien · 2003-02-04 04:25 · Score: 2, Insightful

It depends what you want to run; you could run a useful MP3/OGG player under linux with the buttons doing the appropriate job (volume, forward, back etc) without a keyboard.
This isn't an attempt to run a normal linux session on some other hardware, so much as getting an open OS onto the iPod to support things like OGG.
How to eliminate duplicates... by jea6 · 2003-02-04 04:54 · Score: 4, Insightful

Here's my suggestion, once an editor notes a duplicate story, change its category to "dupe" then allow users to filter out "dupes" from their pages (haven't seen a JonKatz rant in years...). Or would this get rid of too many ad-views?

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missing brains. by Erris · 2003-02-04 05:02 · Score: 3, Insightful
include support for playing mp3s, using the controls or accessing the screen. But it _does_ run linux...This was stupid the first time they posted it, too :).
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Can we compare free software to propriatory software elswhere to imagine where this will go?
Propriatory software:
- choice of one desktop
- choice of two file systems
- hardware becomes useless when drivers are no longer "supported"
- unilateral EULA which incluce revocation on demand
Free software
- several video subsystems and dozens of window managers
- more than 80 file systems
- hardware lives forever once a driver is made
- free is yours to do as you please.
So what you have is a 10 gigabyte system that you can walk around with running free software. While MP3 is a propriatory format, OGG will work just fine with 10 gigs. What kind of interface does it have? Fire wire? USB? I can imagine all sorts of cool things you can do with that, such as rig any piece of hardware you want to it. The thing that is staring you in the face is that linux was ported to the device in the first place.
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1. Re:missing brains. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-04 06:03 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  Proprietary software
  - it has to work, otherwise you wouldn't pay for it
  - hardware is useless anyway when you desire more performance than it can give
  - EULA - your choice to accept or reject
  - two file systems? I can think of three in windows alone. Likely you're one of those windows haters that decided it was crap at Windows 3.1 and never looked again.
  
  Free software
  - fragmentation, a million standards to choose from and limited interoperability
  - thousands of half-assed projects by amateurs that never reach completion
  - support only for obsolete hardware
  - free as in mud
  
  A 10 gigabyte filesystem running free software is utterly useless when it doesn't do anything you want.
  
  All your literary pretension yet you can't spell "proprietary"!