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Install iPod Update in Linux

Posted by pudge on from the dd-4-eva dept.

Espectr0 writes "Following the recent iTunes update, someone has been able to install the iPod update from Linux! The article explains how to hack the iPod's firmware in order to get it installed which is required to take advantage of new features in iTunes 4.5 and the iTunes Music Store."

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  1. Awesome! by Caiwyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woo, awesome! Now we can use Linux to load a firmware update that lets us take advantage of new features for iTunes! All that's missing is the ability to run iTunes on Linux!

    Bunch of rocket scientists, these guys.

    1. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      Bunch of rocket scientists, these guys.
      Who peed in your kernel today?
  2. In other 'Just Becasue You Can' news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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  3. Re:Hacking by modecx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm. So now updating your iPod from a non-mainstream OS is illegal?

    Of course not! iPods update from MacOS, too!

    *ducks*

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  4. Re:Hacking by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is illegal hacking really the best way to show our gratitude, after all of the great things Apple and its iPod have done for us?

    Please, Apple/Steve Jobs can not walk on water, part the seas, or turn water into beer.

    Only Linus Torvalds can do these things.

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