Installing Linux on your iPod just got a lot easier

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Installing Linux on your iPod just got a lot easier

by Victor Agreda, Jr. Aug 18th 2005

I absolutely live by Pod2Go from Kainjow Software. RSS feeds, Stickies, weather, etc. all sync up on my iPod now, pretty-as-you-please. But the lone developer of Pod2Go isn't content to just make one kickin' app, oh no. He's gone and made several lately, including a Windows screensaver (simulates the XP logo saver on your Mac, for fun I guess), and my new favorite: an easy-to-use iPodLinux installer. Previously you had to do all those scary, nasty manual steps to install Linux on the iPod. Lovely. Linux made, Mac simple.

Tags: installer, ipod, linux

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

rkalajian said 11:15AM on 8-18-2005

Has anyone gotten this to work on the new color 20GB ipod? I install it but the screen just goes blank. It'll play music, but I have to fumble around the interface since I can't see anything.

Sumit Chachra said 2:05PM on 8-18-2005

I can't seem to get it to work on my new 20GB iPod photo.

Prateek said 3:44PM on 8-18-2005

How do you install this on your ipod (using windows)

Victor Agreda, Jr. said 12:38AM on 8-19-2005

Zon Wakest, in the comments of sister blog TUAW.com's writeup of this has a good link to help you guys out:
http://ipodlinuxinstl.sourceforge.net/

It wouldn't be Linux if installs went smoothly on all machines ;-)

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