New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported

An anonymous reader writes "After 36 hours of reverse engineering, the method for producing the checksum on new iPods has been discovered." You can also get linux support working if that's what you crave for your shiny new toy.

Comments

Unimpressive

[packetmon]

36 hours... Well after years and years most still have not cracked the method for avoiding the Slashdot effect

Re:Half way there

[kebes]

Cracking the stupidity was half the battle, making it easy to use is the other half.

Seriously! And at this pathetically slow rate, we won't have that functionality until Wednesday!

Re:Good because linux support is more better

[morgan_greywolf]

The phrase "more better" is acceptable English. suck it grammar Nazis There. Fixed the subject line for you.

Re:What's the draw?

[Sciros]

Only the ipod can do advanced integration that is seamless from the car to the home to the bedroom. (even the wife if you buy a iGazim attachment) WHAT THE... seamless integration with the wife?... Just what exactly is an iGazim attachment and would one have to take his daughter to the doctor if she asks about getting one...

Re:What's the draw?

[Doc Ruby]

The white earbud wires signal to people (especially the cuter ones who can't think so good) that they can have sex with you before they notice that you're a geek with a "LiPod".

Re:Half way there

[Constantine XVI]

Knowing the community, we can likely expect full integration with most (activley maintained) iPod libraries on Linux within the week.

iPods running Linux

[Fuji Kitakyusho]

Linux on the iPod? Hmmm. Could you imagine a Beowulf cluster of...

Re:What's the draw?

[Kohath]

People buy the iPod because they like it, and they pay for it themselves; why is this a problem?

Hey! It's a problem because we are the experts, ok? People should ask us what to buy. And we'll suggest some sort of unheard-of niche device, because that's why you asked an expert. Do you need an expert to suggest the most popular device? No. Do you need an expert to configure something that's easy to use? No. We're important. Don't you know that? We know better. We can't look down on the ignorant masses when we acknowledge they made the right choice. So they didn't, no matter how happy they are.

I can't believe you even asked.

Re:What's the draw?

[JazzLad]

Exercise? You must be new here.

Re:What's the draw?

[Kohath]

It works fine out of the box. It works exactly the way Apple intended it to work.

If you want to use it in a way it's not designed to be used, then don't be surprised if it doesn't "work out of the box" for that.

My efforts to use my iPod as a waffle-iron have met with little success so far.

Re:iTunes can do everything you listed.

[zippthorne]

I don't have an apple key, you insensitive clod.

It's kind of silly to assume that everyone who downloads iTunes will buy an entire Macintosh computer to run it on.

Re:What's the draw?

[ZorinLynx]

The new earbuds are an improvement over the older ones, but they slip out of your ears unless you get foam covers for them.

In any case, earbuds are easily replaceable, and if you buy an nice high end set, you'll have great sound quality.

The earbuds that typically come with ALL MP3s players suck; typically. It's always best to upgrade them if you're anywhere near an audiophile. And of course, you have to use lossless compression because if you're an audiophile, MP3s suck. Not to mention you have to listen in a soundproofed baffled room, and you have to have not flown on an aircraft recently so your ears haven't been subjected to pressure changes.

Heh, I'm going too far. In any case, default earbuds suck. Buy better ones. :)

Re:What's the draw?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, it's a bloated, error-prone kludge on OS X as well, but on OS X, considering the rest of the system, you don't really notice.