Published 12/1/2008
by Andy Salisbury
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Everyone’s favorite (according to sales numbers, at least) smartphone, the iPhone has finally been hacked to run Linux. The 2.6 kernel only features a bootloader, so if you decide to rock Linux on your iPhone (there are instructions on the Linux on the iPhone blog ) you’ll be met with a console that requires a USB connection to access. They’ve also been unable to use the touchscreen, sound, accelerometer and networking functionality of the iPhone. While admittedly this isn’t a super impressive showing, it’s a great start for the Linux iPhone community. The building blocks have been placed, folks. If you’re interested in how the whole process plays out, be sure to peep the video ! read more
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