Free Nano: First Breakthrough for Linux on iPod
The iPodLinux has had success being installed on older iPods already. Now the current iPods should enjoy the taste of Linux.
The iPodLinux project and Rockbox are two projects that have already successfully ported Apple's popular media player to Linux. The newer iPod devices have posed a problem, however, in that Apple protected its Nano 2G firmware through encryption.
The iPod Nano Linux project founded in 2007 wants to overcome this hurdle and bring Linux to the newest Apple devices. The first big success could come the beginning of July. Developers came upon an exploitable bug in the Nano firmware back in February in which they're now injecting ARM assembly code, with some notable success.
The open source venture is now poised to make its code available to the Rockbox and iPodLinux projects.
Issue 14: Raspberry Pi Handbook/Special Editions
Tag Cloud
News
-
SCO Rises from the Swamp
Longtime litigator revives an ancient suit against IBM alleging Linux infringes on Unix copyrights.
-
UberStudent Project Releases UberStudent 3.0
Specialty distro keeps the focus on advanced learning.
-
openSUSE Conference Approaches
The openSUSE Conference will be held July 18-22, 2013, at the Olympic Museum in Thessaloniki, Greece.
-
Drupal.org Hacked
Security breached at home sites of the CMS project.
-
Oracle Takes Action on Java Security
Lead Java developer vows policy changes and more attention to fixing problems.
-
Google and NASA Partner in Quantum Computing Project
Vendor D-Wave scores big with a sale to NASA's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
-
Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux
Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.
-
FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
-
Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
-
Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.