home.gna.org — So far, a customized uClinux kernel has been successfully ported to several iPods by iPodLinux Project. Note that, others are also quite successful for other operating systems (e.g. Rockbox). A simple interface and additional applications/modules have been written too. Unfortunately, Apple has protected iPods firmware through encryption since...
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bhspitmonkeyJul 6, 2009
I'm not sure running Windows 95 in a remarkably slow port of Bochs really qualifies as getting Windows to "run". It would likely be trivial to do the same thing on iPodLinux, with even less speed and desktop coverage.In general, the ARM development community thrives a lot more than the MIPS community ever did.
tech42erJul 6, 2009
Let me break this down for you. iPodLinux and Rockbox, two complete, 3rd party, open-source operating systems al ready run on older iPod models. They haven't been able to run on newer models (2G nano and newer) because Apple encrypted the firmware. The injection of any code means that this yearlong project to find a way to break that encryption has achieved success. All they need to do is bypass that firmware encryption and you should be able to run iPL or Rockbox on newer iPods, just as you can with older iPods!
adamroachJul 6, 2009
Nobody needs it. They want it. So they're doing it.
geoffpJul 8, 2009
Ironically, I might buy one if I could put Linux on it. :)