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Porting Linux to the iPod | |
| Subject: | Interesting | |
| Date: | 2003-09-26 10:37:27 | |
| From: | anonymous2 | |
| Interesting exercise, but what is the point? Why would I want to run Linux, when all I want to do is listen to my music, which iPod does very nicely w/o going through all this hassle. | ||
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Interesting
2003-09-27 02:21:06 anonymous2 [View]
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Ogg, of course.
2003-09-26 11:34:17 anonymous2 [View]
The factory version of the Ipod won't play my
Ogg files. What good is it without Ogg support?
That aside, it's a compact portable computer
that just happens to be marketed as a music
player. Whatever you program it to do, you
get the benefit of its mass-produced low(ish)
price. So your question is, why in the world
would anyone want a computer the size of an
iPod?
Lots of people wouldn't pay $300 for a
lousy music player, but would happily pay that
for something they find actally useful.
The authour of the project mentioned a killer application:
When you are on vacation and not carrying a notebook, you can use your iPod to offload all the digital photos you take.