Linux Now Runs on iPad, Tuxedo Optional

29.08.2011
Everyone loves a good tablet hack--after all, look at all the interest in hacking the Nook Color and the HP Touchpad. So it's no surprise that iOS devices have been .

A hack by and from the makes it so that Linux an iPad, or fourth-generation iPod Touch. While there isn't a lot of detail just yet on how the hack was done, it's an exciting step for developers because of the difficulty of rooting devices built around Apple's A4 chip--, it was originally quite tricky to get a good root on anything after the iPhone 3G.

iDroid will release more details as the hack unfolds, but right now Patrick and others are working out how to root Linux onto the iPad 2, which is proving to be (). Still, with this new hack, it will be interesting to see what other developers will bring to the table.

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