A couple of independent
software companies have come up with solutions to that
particular problem, which they provide alongside other iPod
enhancements that are sure to be of interest.
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We talk about those in the second half of this chapter. We
start you off with trading up your iPod??™s operating system, for
those of you who are so inclined.
Check Out iPodLinux
When most people come across a new handheld, hard drive??“based consumer
electronics device, they think about all the ways they can use it to improve the
status or quality of their lives. There is that subset of people, however, for whom
a new handheld, hard drive??“based consumer electronics device isn??™t so much a
ticket to Coolsville or Easy Street as it is an invitation to port a Linux kernel.
The people at the iPodLinux project are just this sort. They??™ve managed to get
a species of Linux??”the popular open-source computer operating system??”
onto first-, second-, and third-generation iPods, with development ongoing
for later models.
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