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Breaking News: Linux Ported to the iPhone
iPhone Hacks — ... and follow these instructions to install it. Please proceed with caution as this is only for the technically inclined. It is also a rough first draft and in current form will make your iPhone unusable. Today's announcement is another milestone for the iPhone hacking community. Lets us know your thoughts on this breaking news. Thanks Jory for the tip! [via ...

Linux on the iPhone
iPhone Atlas — ... “many drivers are still missing, but it’s enough that a real alternative operating system is running on the iPhone.” According to the post the following are completed: Framebuffer driver, Serial driver, Serial over USB driver, Interrupts, MMU, and Clock, etc. Items still in progress include: Read/Write NAND support, wireless LAN, touchscreen, sound, accelerometer, baseband support. You can see a video demonstration. There are some instructions and a download, but they are not for the inexperienced. It’s ...

2.6 Linux Kernel Ported to iPhone!
Planet iPhones — ... rough draft and there are many drivers missing. But it’s a start… They do not have wireless networking, touchscreen, sound, accelerometer, or baseband support YET. More is coming as they develop and stabilize it. In simple terms, it’s like Microsoft DOS. It only has a command line user interface with very few features.      There is a demo video at the bottom for those who are skeptical. For those of you who are more advanced you can try it out yourself with the directions here  and the necessary files ...

Linux on the iPhone: penguin poop in Apple's walled garden
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — ... . Instructions that describe how to install it from an Ubuntu Linux computer are also available. Because the port doesn't have full touchscreen drivers yet, the only way to interact with the system is by using a keyboard on a host system that is connected to the iPhone via USB. The port includes BusyBox, a collection of core GNU userspace utilities embedded in a single lightweight executable. It provides the ash command shell and enough basic commands to manage and interact with a mobile Linux platform. [image] The port is a very big first step, but it is still very far ...

Linux on the iPhone
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... sound and other features operational. This is a working proof that Linux can be ported, and given a couple months we will begin to see open-source programming invading our popular mobile device. This is just the beginning of the many possibilities, "If you're experienced with hacking/porting Linux and especially if you're experienced with porting Android, I'd definitely like to hear from you" said team leader, planetbeing. If you think you have the chops to try the install, you can check out the instructions . Video of Linux in action on the iPhone is below. ...