Male: Now what the pass would be better than Linux on an iPod. Linux on iPod they place doom of course and here to show is just that is a very in qualify a session coming getting in for the camera. So you are going to talk about putting Linux on the iPod. Where do you hear about this man?
Male: At first heard in Make magazine a while ago but I check it out back then and did support my generation iPod and there were as many applications that you can use it for but it kind of interesting. But recent add I would check it out and if did a lot more development and goes all the way up to here fifth generation iPod with video.
Male: So it so aside from doom what else can you do with iPod Linux?
Male: There are other emulators where like the game boy there is mame. And there is plenty of writing programs.
Male: How do you write on an iPod?
Male: You got to there are lots of different text input methods but the mame one is you scroll through the letters and numbers and press like and you where it one letter at a time with just the one button.
Male: Got you, so what about everybody at home that has an iPod just wondering with the compatibility is you know by generation of iPod?
Male: Well the wiki on iPodlinux.org definitely helps explain it there is a whole graft listing the generation some what parts of the iPod it supports.
Male: Okay but when can I see the shop Linux time soon?
Male: No definitely not.
Male: Okay now if we put Linux on our iPod we going to loose any of your original iPod functionality.
Male: Absolutely no because what you are doing is dual booting and will let you either boot the apple form where or the Linux software.
Male: So it is just a ground if you are going to put you know—
Male: Yes.
Male: Linux on a windows machine or I guess on this case on a Mac, specially how do you get to that boot leather bell if you’re in the apple OS or you know you want to switch between--
Male: Oh well when you want to switch you have to press the center button and the menu button at the same time that allows you your iPod to reboot and it will going to the boot letter program.
Male: Can you walk us through the steps of getting Linux actually on your iPod?
Male: At first thing to do is you have to put your iPod into disk mode, you do that to the our routines such in the preferences under the iPod tab. After that, you download the installer you unpack it and start running it will find your iPod and it will give you a list of all the modules and programs you can install on it.
Male: So it is going to like other tune built in package management system.
Male: Yes it is very Linux like.
Male: Okay so is there any big difference between installing it on windows iPod or in the Mac iPod?
Male: Yes because windows has the format to the flat 32 file structure it does noise see the links transportation tools. So this kind of cord key but on the Mac it is a lot easier because it choose to see the different things like the HFS plus.
Male: Okay so on the window side they actually put a Linux partition on their.
Male: Yes.
Male: And windows obviously cannot see the it just if you were the dual boot like Gen two and windows you want be able top see here. Gen two passes and unless you had some additional software, is there any recommendation do you have?
Male: One we were researching this from we came across our tools which was on the deep dual application that kind of setup if you as in make up the windows file like explore and you can see the whole both the flat 32 file structure and the Linux file structure.
Male: So what is the trick to get in doom on your iPod?
Male: The thing is since the iPod is incapable of running both the Linux OS and doom at the same time you have to launch it from like the Bios and the way you do that is getting the launcher we use see launcher it took a little rereading some of the—
Male: See at your RC file.
Male: Yes RC files—
Males: When it start up Linux you know rather in going and writing in to your GUI you get the option to go in different thing.
Male: Yes definitely.
Male: So that kind
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