Installing iPodLinux on the iPod Nano

Joe Barr over at Linux.com (also owned by VA Sofware) has an interesting writeup on how he took his iPod Nano and installed iPodLinux on it, making it into a "dual-booting, sweet MP3-singing, iDoom-playing monster."

playing compressed video

[vg1111]

I have linux installed on my nano for the past 3 months and I am still looking for a way to play compressed video on it. If it can play compressed video then I don't need iPod Video.

Will it work on a Shuffle?

[madnuke]

It could be a portable usb linux firewall!

Re:Will it work on a Shuffle?

[generic-man]

The shuffle has an LED. Either you can send output to the user in Morse code, by blinking patterns of colors*, or by rigging up one of those cool systems where you wave the device around and it "draws" words in the air.

Or just set up festival and pipe all messages through text-to-speech, outputting them through the headphone jack. Be creative! :)

* This is how the Airport Express gives you feedback on its operating status. It's reminiscent of BIOS beep codes.