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."
I would think that the parent post being moded up 3 times shows just how broken and biased the moderating system on/. has become.
Re:How hard can it be?
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alienw
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Ummm... Because most Linux users don't really like Apple much (the ones that did already switched over) and because most linux users have no use for overpriced radio-quality tracks (128 Kbps? come on).
GNAA - what a bunch of losers
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Anonymous Coward
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Hey look - a bunch of adolescent zit-faced retards with nothing better to do!
Stop this ILLEGAL DMCA violating stuff now!!!
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Anonymous Coward
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My god, people, these are immoral and illegal acts you are perpetrating! Apple is a benevolent and kind corporation, and these just and entitled IP-DMCA rights that the Framers of our Constitution gave them are being trampled like a whore's undergarment after sex. If this continued orgy of illegal acts continues, I will be forced to contact Mr. Jobs and inform him of these devious machinations.
Don't hurt Apple anymore, it makes Baby Jesus cry.
Re:What's The Point?
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OblongPlatypus
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Steps 1-8 in the article describe how to get the firmware. There are tons of alternatives to those steps; all it takes is for someone to put the firmware on the net somewhere, or for you to borrow a friend's PC, or just have him email you the.exe file,... and the list goes on. Personally I used VMWare to extract the file.
As for iTunes; as others have mentioned, there are several improvements in this update that don't rely on iTunes. And this method will work for any past and future updates as well.
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GNAA RULZ, GIRLS DROOL
You are so goddamned stupid!!
You idiot
maybe you could have used the hundreds of your hard earned dollars to move on up out of that cardboard box.
Steve Jobs will piss in your face for free!
I would think that the parent post being moded up 3 times shows just how broken and biased the moderating system on /. has become.
Ummm... Because most Linux users don't really like Apple much (the ones that did already switched over) and because most linux users have no use for overpriced radio-quality tracks (128 Kbps? come on).
Hey look - a bunch of adolescent zit-faced retards with nothing better to do!
My god, people, these are immoral and illegal acts you are perpetrating! Apple is a benevolent and kind corporation, and these just and entitled IP-DMCA rights that the Framers of our Constitution gave them are being trampled like a whore's undergarment after sex. If this continued orgy of illegal acts continues, I will be forced to contact Mr. Jobs and inform him of these devious machinations.
Don't hurt Apple anymore, it makes Baby Jesus cry.
Steps 1-8 in the article describe how to get the firmware. There are tons of alternatives to those steps; all it takes is for someone to put the firmware on the net somewhere, or for you to borrow a friend's PC, or just have him email you the .exe file, ... and the list goes on. Personally I used VMWare to extract the file.
As for iTunes; as others have mentioned, there are several improvements in this update that don't rely on iTunes. And this method will work for any past and future updates as well.
-- If no truths are spoken then no lies can hide --