Apple is always particular about which software must run on their amazing hardware. To be more specific, they prefer only "Pure" softwares, developed by Apple to run on their devices, may it be an iPhone or Apple Mac. Recently with the release of App Store they seem to be a bit soft, letting general enthusiast developers to write Apps for iPhone/iPod Touch but only after the team scrutinizes it and then testify its worth.
But Guys, this is truly a world without Fences, Gates, Windows and Walls right? Everyone wants freedom! Some crazy linux developer nick-named PLANETBEING has succeeded in developing Open iBoot, a iPhone Linux distro. YES, Linux Kernel 2.6 has been ported into our lovely iPhone!
Facts :
- PlanetBeing is a member of iPhone Dev Team which has developed the Yellowsn()w, Pwnage Tool etc for jailbreaking and unlocking every version of iPhone.
- iPhone Dev Team's project is independent from OpeniBoot project.
iPhone Linux Demonstration Video from planetbeing on Vimeo.
These are the features enabled in the current version of OpeniBoot :
- Framebuffer driver
- Serial driver
- Serial over USB driver
- Interrupts, MMU, clock, etc
Almost Acheived :
- NAND Writing is semi-reliable
- Most of the NAND Reading support is available
Hasn't been Achieved till date :
- Wireless networking
- Touchscreen
- Sound
- Accelerometer
- Baseband support
Resources :
- To read the README file which tells us how to go about installing Linux, click here
- To download the files for installing Open-iBoot, click here
- To downloadthe files to uninstall the Open-iBoot from your iPhone, click here
With PlanetBeing and his pals in iPhone Dev Team working relentlessly working for Achieving the wish-lists for OpeniBoot, we can definitely expect a successful and fully functional Linux Distro running on iPhone. Hurray Everybody!!
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