IPod Linux

iPodLinux is an open source venture into porting Linux onto the iPod. It is based on the µClinux kernel.
== Compatibility ==
According to the iPodLinux wiki, "developers have succeeded in getting [the following features] to work- it does not imply that the feature is ready for widespread use."
 iPodLinux compatibility chartiPodLinux Project Status
Generation 	dateDate that the iPod was originally released, not the date it was supported by iPodLinux.</li>	LCD	Input	SerialSerial is required for the remote to work.</li>	Hard Drive	Piezo 	Audio Playback	Audio Recording 	FireWire	USB 	Power Management 	Video Out
classic 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
classic 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
classic 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Neither USB nor FireWire communication drivers exist yet for these models. Instead when a USB device is plugged in, the iPod prompts the user to restart the ipod into disk mode.	A basic battery meter and deep sleep functions are available.</li>	
classic 4 	 	 	 	 	 	Currently podzilla accesses the piezo directly- there is no kernel driver.</li>	 	Only recording via microphone works on these models, no line in.</li>	 	 	 	
classic 5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
classic 5.5February 2007 5.5G iPods (Brighter backlight, AKA 5.1/5.5/5th Gen Enhanced) work with a special kernel developed by DataGhost.</li>	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
classic 6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
TouchWill probably not be supported. iPhone and iPod Touch (OS X) homebrew software is already available.</li> 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
mini 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
mini 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
classic 4 Photo/Color 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
nano 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
nano 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
nano 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
nano 4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
As of August 5, 2006, only the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation iPod are officially supported by iPodLinux, although newer generations are also partially compatible. The iPodLinux project does not plan support for the iPod shuffle due to the lack of a GCC compiler for the shuffle's DSP57000 core, as well as the fact that the iPod shuffle lacks a screen. While later generations work fine for many uses of iPodLinux, not all features work; these later generations will not be officially supported by the project until most or all features from the earlier iPods work on them. Installers are in the process of being made.
Arguably one of the project's more notable accomplishments is its video player, released months before rumors about Apple's Video iPod began to spread. This video player only plays uncompressed AVI files, which are basically just a series of bitmap formatted frames with an audio overlay that commonly loses sync with the video output. A new compression technique called MoviePod, released in 2006, enables people to put more video content on their iPod. This function continues to be developed and is a useful function for users of older iPod (especially nano users that, with the help of iPodLinux, can get an extremely small media center that can be held in the palm of the hand).
podzilla 2, the second generation of podzilla, and commonly known as pz2, is currently in development and has recently superseded the original version of podzilla. It includes several new features, most notably modularity; users can install new applications without recompiling all of podzilla. This version is the only working set of Podzilla official that will run on 5.5G iPods.
== Sources ==
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