iPod Linux lock-out defeated (PC Pro)
iPod Linux lock-out defeated (PC Pro)
Posted Sep 17, 2007 22:42 UTC (Mon) by proski (subscriber, #104)In reply to: iPod Linux lock-out defeated (PC Pro) by Cato
Parent article: iPod Linux lock-out defeated (PC Pro)
It's a bit harsh to say 'you bought Apple hardware, you should suffer by being locked in forever' - that sort of attitude means LWN should never report on iPod Linux ...Strawman argument. Nobody is saying that. Besides, this story is not even about running Linux on iPod, it's about making it work with iPod. Linux has been supporting remote filesystems for ages. It's actually one of the great advantages of free software that it tries to talk to all other devices and support as many protocols and filesystems as possible. It has helped me many times. That's why I carry a Live CD around. Maybe I'll help someone extract his or her music from an iPod one day using free software.
Posted Sep 18, 2007 7:31 UTC (Tue)
by Cato (guest, #7643)
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On the 'strawman argument', I was responding to this post: http://lwn.net/Articles/250153/ - and I realise iPod Linux is a different topic, but it's similar in that it's getting Apple hardware to cooperate with Linux generally. I was making a wider point.iPod Linux lock-out defeated (PC Pro)