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New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that-didn't-take-long dept.

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.

3 of 422 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What's the draw? by leuk_he · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think you do not actually want to put linux on it, i think that the issue here is that the iPod is linux supported, meaning that you can transfer music from and to your linux desktop.

    Linux support is so obvious for 99 out of 100 usb mp3 player out there it is not even worth mentioning. These mp3 players just behave like a generic USB pen disk. That you need a special (circumvention?) program for a iPod is the strange issue here.

  2. Re:usable? by ls+-la · · Score: 5, Informative

    The "Linux support" mentioned in the summary is so that you can use/sync/update the iPod while running linux on your computer, not so that you can run linux on your iPod.
    Although it would be interesting to have an open-source iPod OS...

  3. Re:usable? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    Although it would be interesting to have an open-source iPod OS... Ask and ye shall receive!

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