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linuxoniphone.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008
Why iPhone Linux?
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This is a post I wrote a long time ago, when this blog was first conceived. I decided to hold off on posting it, because I thought it'd be better to do some technical posts before waxing philosophically. I think it is still appropriate, so as we work on reverse engineering the NAND FTL, here's ...

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Linux on the iPhone?
The Apple Core — ... Of course, after Apple develops an elegant and perfectly understandable mobile UI, Linux hackers want to tear it down. Bring on the OpenMoko, Android or Ubuntu Mobile for the iPhone. I enjoyed a recent post by PlanetBeing on the Linux on the iPhone blog. It was an attempt to justify why someone would want to spend a tremendous amount of time to bring Linux to the iPhone, when he or she could “just develop on an open platform instead with no such wasted effort?” Good question, dude. PlanetBeing says he doesn’t want to buy other less-polished platforms just for a hack; he ...

iPhone hackers achieve a milestone: Linux boot
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Having a working Linux kernel on jailbroken iPhones and iPod touch handhelds might seem frivolous, but imagine the ability to run other touch phone OS platforms on top of an iPhone (like, perhaps, Android)... very tempting. You can see more of the rationale behind the Linux-on-iPhone project here, or you can skip to the second half of this post to see the video. ...

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