[ritchdan]

Over at blog.iphone-dev.org one of the team has managed to port linux to the iphone. This is a quote from the site,

Here's a nice little video of it in action,
"This week’s funday is today! Devteam member planetbeing has done a phenomenal job reverse engineering Apple’s hardware drivers and now for the first time ever, linux is available on the iPhone and first-gen iPods.

Just thought you peeps might be interested.

If iv helped say thanks, Thanks, Ritchdan

[z3r01]

nice

[461am]

This isn't for the faint of heart.

[Zwayne]

Originally Posted by 461am

This isn't for the faint of heart.

I was reading about this early today....Its not for the noobs...

[Poseidon79]

No GUI whatsoever and you have to run input through your computer. They are running a basic kernel and that's about it. It's extrmely impressive from a programing perspective but just not very useful or practical for anyone at the moment.

[z3r01]

after this I assume getting android wouldn't be hard (after they get this fully runnin that is)

[prodigy]

Awesome! Just like the old days with Unix. Just entering commands in the shell with no GUI. This is going in a great direction though. Pretty exciting.

[CAPcadetJC]

Yes!!! Shouldnt be too long before we have useful and GUI iLinux : )

[redrider218]

this sure has dropped off the map. what happened to linux on iphone?

[iHaribo]

I would just stick to a Jailbreaked iPod Touch at the moment, its too complicated for newbies - theres no GUI, you have to run it through your computer, etc. I personally haven't put linux on my iPod yet aswell. Once its gone far in development with Gui, etc. I'd put it on my iPod.

[darkrom]

This is the best news I have ever heard. If there is a linux distro or many to choose from for the iphone that retain calling, sms, and data plan usage then I will never sell this phone.

[Daughain]

Any further word on development?

[willpower101]

Originally Posted by iHaribo

I would just stick to a Jailbreaked iPod Touch at the moment, its too complicated for newbies - theres no GUI, you have to run it through your computer, etc. I personally haven't put linux on my iPod yet aswell. Once its gone far in development with Gui, etc. I'd put it on my iPod.

SQUAAAAWK! Parrot says what? :P