Those funny guys of the Dev Team , a group of hackers known especially for having voted for the removal of security locks on the devices Apple has announced that it has installed for the first time an embryonic version of Linux on the iPhone blindatissimo.

This would be an ultra-minimalist version of the Vanilla 2.6 kernel which, in truth, is still unable to access a significant number of hardware resources, which is perfectly understandable as there is no driver for it completely. The installed version of Linux does not recognize the touchscreen, accelerometers, audio and almost everything else. In practice only work screen, USB and memory access.

Where is the nostizia, then? Well, it seems paradoxical, but this apparently disastrous hand, is the most important step because it will trigger the development of a Linux distro specifically for the iPhone: Planetbeing is already working to develop the necessary drivers, a feat of reverse engineering that will take months, but can rely on the contributions of hundreds of volunteer developers. Soon you can then click through the boot loader OpeniBoot which operating system to start and decide whether to work with a proprietary system or a completely open source. Mica cazzabubbole ...

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