IPodLinux

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iPodLinux

MandelPod, a Mandelbrot set running in iPodLinux
Written in	C, assembly language
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Latest release	2.3 (x86) / January 7, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-01-07)
Repository	sourceforge.net/p/ipodlinux/code/
Platforms	see Compatibility
Kernel type	Monolithic (modified μClinux)
Userland	uClibc, BusyBox
License	GNU GPLv2+
Official website	www.ipodlinux.org

iPodLinux is a μClinux-based Linux distribution designed specifically to run on Apple Inc.'s iPod. When the iPodLinux kernel is booted it takes the place of Apple's iPod operating system and automatically loads Podzilla, an alternative GUI and launcher for a number of additional included programs such as a video player, an image viewer, a command line shell, games, emulators for video game consoles, programming demos, and other experimental or occasionally unfinished software.

The project has been inactive since 2009, but its website is still online. Further development of free and open source software for iPods have continued with the Rockbox Project, zeroslackr, and freemyipod, which have largely supplanted iPodLinux. Some third party installers are still available.^[1]