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Video Demonstration: Linux on an iPod
lifehacker.com ^ | 2/3/06

Posted on 02/03/2006 7:57:21 PM PST by martin_fierro

Video Demonstration: Linux on an iPod

In his recent feature Get the most out of an old iPod, my co-editor Adam mentioned installing Linux on your iPod. This may seem like a crazy thing to do, but YouTube member greg1717 posted a video of his iPod running Linux in action, and it looks damn cool. After the jump, check out a video of browsing photos, playing video and playing games all on a 3G iPod.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ipod; linux
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1 posted on 02/03/2006 7:57:26 PM PST by martin_fierro
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To: N3WBI3; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ShadowAce

"BECAUSE IT CAN BE DONE" Ping


2 posted on 02/03/2006 7:59:04 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Now if IPods only came with WiFi/Bluetooth.


3 posted on 02/04/2006 7:42:20 AM PST by neb52
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To: neb52
Now if IPods only came with WiFi/Bluetooth.

Well, it's not exactly the same thing, but you can run Linux on a wireless Linksys router: The Open Source WRT54G Story (from wi-fiplanet.com).

4 posted on 02/04/2006 8:08:43 AM PST by snowsislander
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To: snowsislander

Yes I run a version of Satori on mine.


5 posted on 02/04/2006 1:09:58 PM PST by neb52
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To: snowsislander
Well, it's not exactly the same thing, but you can run Linux on a wireless Linksys router: The Open Source WRT54G Story (from wi-fiplanet.com).

Until recently, you're already running Linux if you bought one. But these projects do let you do some cool stuff with the WRT54G.

6 posted on 02/06/2006 11:02:42 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: martin_fierro

IT SEEMS AS THOUGH NANCY POLOSI CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF MEN. SHE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED STROKING THE VICE-PRESIDENTS LEG AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH TO THE NATION.
WHAT'S WITH DEMOCRATS?


SEMPER FI,
Joy Thompson


7 posted on 01/30/2007 1:27:41 AM PST by joydoc
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To: joydoc

This *was* a thread about Linux and iPods.

Or hadn't you noticed.


8 posted on 01/30/2007 7:25:11 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; hellinahandcart; Fierce Allegiance; Constitution Day

Get a load of this.


9 posted on 01/30/2007 7:25:49 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: joydoc

No, the subject here is Ipods, not...


Neva mind.


10 posted on 01/30/2007 7:28:08 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance ("Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors." GOHUNTER08!)
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To: martin_fierro

More of a saturday night kind of post than a tuesday morning post. Yikes.


11 posted on 01/30/2007 7:28:50 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance ("Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors." GOHUNTER08!)
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To: martin_fierro
I ran linux on my nano for a while. It's very cool, I had occassional boot-up errors on the distro I used, but nothing major. If you try it, just make sure you have the HP USB flash software.

Bonus - you can play doom and use command line!

12 posted on 01/30/2007 7:32:37 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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