IpodLinux is quite fun actually :P Anyway, I guess It really depends on what you want to use the iPod for. If you want to listen to music on your ipod, but want the "freedom" of using a Open Source OS, then you would go with Rockbox. If you're looking for using apps, you'd go with ipodlinux ;-)
And I think the most work would be re-writing the drivers, which, if you have a good idea how the linux kernel works, and look at some of the rockbox code for the 2G nano's drivers, it shouldn't be *extremely difficult.* * * * * On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Finn Wilke <wilk...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Sam <shadow.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Has porting ipodLinux to the nano 2G died? > > Ipodlinux itself is somehow dead. It uses a pretty old kernel and > isn't of much fun to use. If someone would like to have Linux on the > iPod he/she would most propably create everything from scratch as > quite all drivers have to be rewritten anyway. > > And then there is the question of the reason to have Linux on the > iPod. It really isn't of much fun to enter letters with the > clickwheel. And as there is rockbox, which is a far better firmware > replacement then any linux firmware would most propably ever be we > don't have an need for it. Linux on the iPod is just to show others > "look, it works on the ipod, too". That would be too much work for > this small use case of impressing friends. > > Finn > > _______________________________________________ > Linux4nano-dev mailing list > Linux4nano-dev@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev > http://www.linux4nano.org > _______________________________________________ Linux4nano-dev mailing list Linux4nano-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev http://www.linux4nano.org
