iPodLinux
Sign in to saveiPodLinux is a μClinux-based Linux distribution designed specifically to run on Apple Inc.'s iPod. When the iPodLinux kernel is booted it takes the place of Apple's iPod operating system and automatically loads Podzilla, an alternative GUI and launcher for a number of additional included programs such as a video player, an image viewer, a command line shell, games, emulators for video game consoles, programming demos, and other experimental or occasionally unfinished software.
Key facts
- OS.name
- iPodLinux
- OS.logo
- 120px
- OS.screenshot
- Ipodlinux-mandelpod.jpg
- OS.caption
- MandelPod, a Mandelbrot set running in iPodLinux
- OS.programmed_in
- C, assembly language
- OS.license
- GNU GPLv2+
- OS.family
- Linux (Unix-like)
- OS.latest_release_version
- 2.3 (x86)
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic (modified μClinux)
- OS.userland
- uClibc, BusyBox
- OS.supported_platforms
- see Compatibility
- OS.date
- July 2014
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Basic structure
- Features
- History
- Server transition
- Compatibility
- See also
- References
- External links
iPodLinux is a μClinux-based Linux distribution designed specifically to run on Apple Inc.'s iPod. When the iPodLinux kernel is booted it takes the place of Apple's iPod operating system and automatically loads Podzilla, an alternative GUI and launcher for a number of additional included programs such as a video player, an image viewer, a command line shell, games, emulators for video game consoles, programming demos, and other experimental or occasionally unfinished software.
The project has been inactive since 2009, but its website is still online. Further development of free and open source software for iPods have continued with the Rockbox Project, zeroslackr, and freemyipod, which have largely supplanted iPodLinux. Some third party installers are still available.