Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] New list member

[Bernard L. <le...@bo...>]

Hi Terje,

the best way to get involved is to find something that interests you and
just do it ;)  If your interested in GUI development the podzilla GUI is
now in CVS so that would be a good place to get started.  A neat
addition would be a browser for the iTunes db on the iPod.

As for leaving your iPod unusable its extremely unlikely that you could
completely break it (to do that you have to wipe the flash rom and there
are _no_ flash rom drivers in the kernel).  If you get something wrong
the worst you have to do is restore your backup or use the apple reset
program to restore it to its original state.

cheers,
bern.

On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 17:29, Terje Wiesener wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> As a new member on the list, I just wanted to introduce myself.
> 
> My name is Terje Wiesener, I'm studying at the Norwegian University of 
> Technology and Science in Trondheim.
> 
> I just bought an Ipod, and the thought of getting it to run linux is 
> really thrilling!
> 
> I have some prior experience with linux, that is, I've been running Debian 
> on some of my machines the last few years, and I've installed and 
> maintained many different flavours of linux on friends' computers. I also 
> have some programming experience in C/C++, Java, PHP, Python etc, but I 
> have never done any real programming under linux, nor have I ever done 
> anything more advanced with the kernel than to configure and build a plain 
> 2.4 or 2.6 kernel.
> 
> What would be the best way for me to get involved in this project?
> 
> Also, is the latest kernel and bootloader compatible with the newest 
> "regular" ipods (ie, the 15 GB version with the docking connector)? Is 
> there any chance of rendering my ipod unusable by installing linux on it?
> 
> What is the status of userland apps? Is there a running GUI for instance?
> 
> Best regards,
> Terje Wiesener
> 
> 
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