Linux slip in the iPhone
Apple did not ask, but the Linux OS has managed to find its place on the iPhone. This small feat is due to Planetbeing developer, a member of the hacker DevTeam iPhone. He managed to install the Linux kernel 2.6 on the smartphone of the firm to Apple.
This tour de force at least has the merit of demonstrating that the iPhone is able to run two different operating system. However, the Linux version established by Planetbeing is far from complete and the OS itself to manage the bare minimum.
Many drivers are missing in effect the call. Thus, the use of the iPhone in the 2.6 kernel of Linux can not manage the touch screen, Wi-Fi or the accelerometer, which allows images to switch automatically from portrait to landscape mode, and vice versa. This does not prevent Planetbeing of posting a video where he is demonstrating the use of the Linux kernel on the iPhone.
And to operate a maximum of combinations, a group of developers already working on porting Google Android on the iPhone. This operating system is currently only available on the smartphone G1 marketed by T-Mobile USA and the UK.
