jeez, a ton of people must have received ipods over the last month, everyone keeps sending in ipod hacks. here's one that /. covered earlier, putting linux on your ipod. i had played with this before, but this version is pretty solid, new games, sound, recording, image viewing (see picture above) on 3g ipods, and you can dual boot. it's kinda cool to dual boot and geek out with some penguin flavored ipod, i suspect all the features not in our ipods now might eventually show up on custom builds like this later.
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(Page 2)22. Why doesn't someone just submit the next hack to be visiting /. and checking their latest story...
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Bradley mcalister
23. Remember kids! iPodLinux does NOT work on the mini, 4G, U2 or photo!
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by v1p3r
24. ENUF IPOD STORIES... 4EVAR!!!!!!
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Josh McCormick
25. this killed my iPod! warning to everyone!
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Augobaugo
26. Can i put Linux and Podzilla on my ipod if its a 5th Gen. i have the 30g video ipod and i dont want to f#ck it up. and has any of you tried out the iLuv battery pack, it triples your ipods life even if your watching videos!
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Graham
27. linux worked magic on my ipod. the only crappy part is that the color screen on my 20 gig 4G ipod plus the fancy colors on podzilla and vipodzilla suck the juice rite out of my battery. movies look pretty sweet tho. greatest hack ever and props to the ipod linux team!
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by adam
28. poster #1 probly has no idea what he is doing
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by BRIAN
29. Hey yea i was trying to do that whole thing and it didnt work and i had to reset my ipod, and put my songs back on. no big deal or anything. so now i really would like to do it again, but this time i hope it works, so if anyone could help, like type up a step by step procedure on how to do this exatly, that would really help. or u can email me with suggestions. bcarr357@gmail.com . thanks -brian
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by BRIAN
30. does anyone know where to find 4gipl.zip, the host listed on the ipodlinux site is always dead, and no one is seeing the torrent.
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by goliathdrakken
31. Ok so I did this thought I killed my Ipod because it couldnt even be detected on my computer but theres a solution. Hold enter(the middle button)and menu at the same time and when the apple logo appears hold both rewind and enter then select diskmode
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Danny
32. yea trust me this is a must if u gut a 1 2 or 3g there is even a black and white video player now
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by nev
33. I installed linux EASILY on my 4g HP-branded ipod. Here's how: (taken partly off of below website, i suggest you check there for updates) 1. Go here. (h t t p : / / w w w . i p o d l i n u x . o r g / 4 G _ I n s t a l l e r) 1.5. and download 4gipl.zip from any of the 2 sources. 2. Unzip. You should see a folder named "iPod lin...ler Modded". Extract to temporary folder. 2.3. Extract everything else to root of ipod. 2.45. Extract os.rar to (iPod):OS's for Multi-podzilla capability, (iPod) is driveletter of ipod. 2.6. Choose an interface. If you choose a Podzilla GUI, you are not stuck to that podzilla's features, it just starts to that Podzilla. explained later... I chose viPodzilla. 2.9. Rename it "podzilla". 3. Open the iPod...staller Modded folder, and run ipodlinux-installer.exe. 3.1. Unchk the "Check for updates" box. 3.2-3.9. Next>read info>Next>Boot to iPodOS or Linux?>next>Make a backup=yes>next>Wait 4 backup 2 save>Next>w8 4 iPodLinux 2 install>follow any other prompts from installer, then close out. 4. Eject and disconnect iPod. IT WILL RESET. 4.2. after the Apple shows up, turn hold on. 4.3. Tux is listening to the ipod for a brief time, than gets obliterated by flying text. :) When flying text appears, turn hold off. 4.4. No need to pay attention to the text, because an error can whizz past like a truck on i-95!!! but if it glitches up, has a heart attack, pukes garbage through the LCD, makes piezoelec buzzer sound like 56K Modem, spins the harddisk so fast it flies out of its casing assembly halfway to its factory around china, and/or shows the sad/dead iPod icon, something DEFINITELY went wrong (pause for LOL's (oops wasnt supposed to say that)). but seriously, if errors happen, check above page on i p o d l i n u x . o r g. If it freezes up during boot press center select button to send "ENTER". 4.5 Podzilla is started. Set preferences in Settings>__ , then click Save once finished. 4.75. Refer to i p o d l i n u x . o r g / 4 G _ I n s t a l l e r for more info about the 4th Gen Linux Installer and iPod Linux. Adios (Espanol), Sayonara (Nihongo), Aloha (whatever hawaiian is in hawaiian), Zliefqklibdgblnorflqrxmnl (Glibnac-7), QRLMXNUQ2ZHF3MZNFW4(Zarphnon Alpha 2) 01100010 01111001 01100101 (the UNIVacuum of space and machine code, (open notepad and do this to get my message, numbers are typed on numpad): press Alt+098, Alt+121, Alt+101, (The star of Dyle-upp, planet Winmodem) and whateverelse (guess the word) says in different languages!! P.S. only click my name if you have a Linksys router as an easy way 2 get into Router Config.
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34. In reference to 37: I understand that IPods don't have the same features as all other players but a) I don't see how that has anything to do with this post. b) you say it being made by Apple is a downside, but yet you promote an audio format made by Microsoft of all places? hmm... c)Why, oh why, do I care about FM radio when I have more hours of music than I could possibly ever want and I have full control over it? d)In general it is agreed by most sources that IPod still has the best interface and easy to use controls with a fast callup rate for whatever song you might want. That being said, Apple is losing their early jump on other companies, I just don't think many other players are up to IPod's speed yet, atleast not with the same community support anyway.
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by aj henderson
35. Hey, there's nothing wrong with the iPod hacks and mods. the only bad things that happen to the iPods like skrewing them up are due to the ignorance of wannabe hackers, just out there to scam off the people who actually hacked the iPods. For the post#1, all i can say is sorry that your too darn ignorant to think about the consequenses of changing iPods.
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by justin
36. works fine, works great. has alot of potential. i used my 3g 15GB iPod. I can't wait to learn C and linux, and install stuff into my iPod!
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by tomh
37. with all due respect, iPods are not the best players. -they do only large mp3s, not small high-quality alternative formats like wma -they have no built in fm radio -they are made by apple
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by dan mellstrom
38. This is great, I put it on my 3rd gen iPod and I love it, it's a cool factor, even though it has it's downs, It's still great
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by John
39. help i foun a windows version and i get an error "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive DeviceHarddisk1DR12." and then it says it did not find an ipod when my ipod works perfect with itunes can someone solve this problem?
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Ben
40. Hi i got the linux to work on my ipod, I LOVE IT! But for some reason i can't record w/ headphones. If your complaining about too many ipod hacks then get off your lazy asses and get one so we all don't have to listen to your stupid complaints You may not see it but a whole lot of people are giving your spam the finger!
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by cj
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21. I just got mine, off http://finet.cjb.net
Posted at 3:33PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Jay