Editing IPodLinux (section)

{{short description|Linux distribution}}
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{{Infobox OS
| name                   = iPodLinux
| logo                   = [[File:ipodlinux.svg|120px]]
| screenshot             = Ipodlinux-mandelpod.jpg
| caption                = ''MandelPod'', a [[Mandelbrot set]] running in iPodLinux
| programmed_in          = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[assembly language]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPLv2]]+
| website                = {{URL|http://www.ipodlinux.org/}}
| family                 = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| latest_release_version = 2.3 (x86)
| latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|2007|01|07}}
| kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] (modified [[μClinux]])
| userland               = [[uClibc]], [[BusyBox]]
| supported_platforms    = see [[#Compatibility|Compatibility]]
|date=July 2014}}

'''iPodLinux''' is a [[μClinux]]-based [[Linux distribution]] designed specifically to run on [[Apple Inc.]]'s [[iPod]]. When the iPodLinux [[Linux kernel|kernel]] is [[Booting|booted]] it takes the place of Apple's iPod operating system and automatically loads Podzilla, an alternative [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] and launcher for a number of additional included [[computer program|programs]] such as a [[video player (software)|video player]], an [[image viewer]], a [[command line interface|command line shell]], [[video game|game]]s, [[emulator]]s for [[video game console]]s, [[computer programming|programming]] demos, and other experimental or occasionally unfinished [[computer software|software]].

The project has been inactive since 2009, but its website is still online. Further development of [[Free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open source]] software for iPods have continued with the [[rockbox| Rockbox Project]], [[zeroslackr]], and [[freemyipod]], which have largely supplanted iPodLinux. Some third party installers are still available.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aqua-gero.com/miche/|title=IPodLinux Installers}}</ref>