On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:41:53 -0800, Larry Qualig wrote:
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> iPod Linux Installer for Nano
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>> | This document explains how to install iPod Linux to Nano.
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>> http://micheipl.tripod.com/nano/
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> All the screen-shots are Windows-XP screen-shots, not Linux.
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> And while the link tells you "how" to install Linux on the iPod nano.
> Nowhere does it bother to tell anyone "why" they would want to do this.
> Why - as in what advantage there is over the standard supported
> firmware.
Exactly.....
What kind of an idiot would take a nice, functional device which
most likely the best supported device of it's kind on the planet and
hammerlock it buy installing Linux?
What happens if the person needs a warranty or extended warranty repair?
Will Apple accept the device with Linux on it?
I doubt it.
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>> In response to disinformation which is frequently spread.
>> Liberating iPods in Cambridge
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> <snip>
>> | RockBox was installed
>> | on the majority of the iPods with great success.
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> Installed with great success on the "majority" of iPods. I bet that the
> "minority" who now have an expensive paper weight are less than
> thrilled.
Yea, that's the way I read it.
Can you say "Voided Warranty".
I just asked my daughter if she would like Linux installed on her iPod and
I got a resounding NO! from her......
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