Install Linux on your iPod – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Install Linux on your iPod – easily
Posted Aug 18, 2005, 12:00 PM ET by Dave Caolo

The Linux on iPod project has been around for a while now. With Linux running on your iPod, you can do all sorts of fun things not available with Apple’s iPod operating system, like play videos, make use of additional audio file formats, play Doom, and so on. Look here for the official FAQ. The only problem has been that the process of installing it is a bit of a bear. Kevin Wojniak, creator of Pod2Go, comes to the rescue with a double-click installer that will have your 4th Generation iPod (including iPod minis and color iPods) dual-booting in no time. Just note that the version of iPod Linux it intstalls is very much in development, as is the installer itself. So back up first (but you knew that).