Caught my eye:
Imagine recording studio-quality audio using your iPod and a regular-old microphone. Or sitting on the commuter train, playing Othello, Pong, Tetris or Asteroids. All this and more is possible when you install Linux on your 3rd generation or earlier iPod. Best of all, one soft-reset and you’re back in Apple’s iPod operating system, listening to your tunes.
It's an interesting story on using Linux -- yes, Linux -- on your iPod. Can't do it on mine, 'cause it's an iPod Mini, and what Cyrus Farivar is talking about can't be done on the 'Mini just yet. But it's a cool idea nonetheless, and it already works on older iPods.
The iPod Linux project is open source, which means new features are always in the pipe and anyone with sufficient programming background can help. For details, go to www.ipodlinux.org. The developers also maintain a blog (www.ipodlinux.org/blog) with news and updates.
Gotta go for that, admire that creativity and energy. By the way, I read Playlist, the iPod-oriented magazine in which the Farivar article appears, but I don't subscribe to it.
I'm still thinking: Wow.
Posted by Craig Ceely at April 2, 2005 11:34 PMSWEET!
I knew I should have bought the regular iPod, but the mini's are so dammed, as Paris Hilton would say, "hot"! Maybe next year.
Posted by: Marnee at April 4, 2005 01:10 PMIn buying the Mini, you got the stylish iPod...and yes, they're "hot." They go well with miniskirts!
Posted by: Craig at April 5, 2005 09:33 PMGlad you liked the piece.
Posted by: Cyrus Farivar at April 7, 2005 04:13 PM