uClinux Ported to the iPod

ucdot writes "Here is the announcement for a port of uClinux to the Apple iPod, checkout the project page for extra details. Currently the frame buffer, audio and IDE devices are working. Still plenty of work to do."

Re:And this is useful, how?

[cioxx]

Ogg vorbis support via Tremor decoder, for one.

Or you can install apache on it and serve webpages. It'll still be more stable than IIS.

Re:Impressive

[Carthag]

This will give Apple a run for their money.

How so? You still need to actually buy the iPod from Apple...

Firewire Filesharing

[Op7imus_Prim3]

"uClinux comes equipped with a full TCP/IP stack, as well as support for numerous other networking protocols"

I can see it now. Two geeks in a bar looking at each others linux equipped ipods. One pulls out a firewire cable and says "I'll share you mine if you share me yours"

Silly question

[Christopher Bibbs]

Why is the penguin on their website stoned? Was he making one of the switch ads too?

Re:And this is useful, how?

[Oculus Habent]

The ultimate is efficient servers, barely larger than the hard drives inside them - having only one cable acting as both data and power, capable of being stacked 595 to a standard 42U rack, giving and incredible density of almost 12 terabytes, double that if you use a back-to-back storage configuration.

Yes, the iPodServe is the most incredible, albeit expensive, server technology available. At just under $300,000 per 42U rack, you couldn't manage more if you had the staff to do so.

Anticipated One of the Age Old Slashdot Questions

[CaptCanuk]

You know the developer is a slashdot frequent when you read the FAQ.

"3.4 Can you imagine a Beowolf cluster...
There was an April fools about a bunch of Buddhists ordering a heap of iPods. Too bad... if it were true perhaps they could have clustered them to solve the ancient mysteries...

Translation, yes, but its just silly. "

Re:Silly question

[troc]

I was.... like.. trying to catch fish with my rod and it was like *snap* *snap* *snap*.... .... and the fish got away. ...... and it was a really big fish.

or something

Troc

Re:Silly question

[worst_name_ever]

And then I had to catch another fish, only it wasn't as good. And I was all, like... unh.

Re:UI

[Keith_Beef]

apple made the UI so sexy, that it would be hard not to emulate it

Surely you mean apple made the UI so sexy, that it would be hard not to play with it

Dupe

[JUSTONEMORELATTE]

This article is a dupe of a story that Taco is going to post a few hours from now [slashdot.org]

Re:Dupe

[YAN3D]

Hey buddy, groundhog's day was two days ago! [amazon.com]