Run Ubuntu on iPhone and iPodTouch

Previously, some foreign hackers have successfully run Ubuntu on GoogleNexusOne, And they want Ubuntu to run on the iPhone and iPodTouch. This seems crazy, but it is not impossible. No. A development team named iX successfully runs the XFCE frontend on the iPhone and iPodTouch, And the backend is based on the customized Ubuntu release. It may seem meaningless to many people.

Previously, some foreign hackers have successfully run Ubuntu on Google Nexus One, and it seems crazy to want Ubuntu to run on the iPhone and iPod Touch, however, this is not impossible. No. A development team named iX successfully runs the XFCE frontend on the iPhone and iPod Touch, And the backend is based on the customized Ubuntu release.

It may seem meaningless to many people, but from some point of view it is indeed a breakthrough.

Different from running Ubuntu on Google Nexus One, you must first install Open iBoot (an Open-source version for Apple's iBoot) to install the iX system on the iPhone or iPod Touch, allows installation and startup of Linux on the iPhone ).

IX is based on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic and uses XFCE as the default desktop environment. Wicd is used as the Network Connection Tool and supports touch screen, but multi-touch is not supported (Canonical has announced that it will provide multi-touch functionality for Ubuntu 10.10, which is indeed good news for systems like iX ).

In addition, this system does not support calling or sending short messages, so it is just a Geek toy.

IXDev image download: http://idroid.nickpack.com/iX/