Editing IPodLinux (section)

== Basic structure ==
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iPodLinux in essence consists of a Linux kernel built from μClinux sources using the [[uClibc]] [[C standard library]] with [[device driver|driver]] [[Source code|code]] for iPod components (or [[reverse engineered]] drivers where available). It includes [[Userland (computing)|userland]] programs from μClinux and/or [[BusyBox]], a [[UNIX]]-style [[file system]] (which can be created within [[HFS Plus|HFS+]] formatted iPods, or an [[ext2]] partition on [[File Allocation Table|FAT32]] formatted iPod), and the Podzilla GUI (and its modules). Apple's [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] iPod OS in contrast uses an invisible [[Booting#Modern boot loaders|boot loader]] and is based on an [[ARM architecture|ARM processor]] kernel originally written by [[Pixo]], and the iPod [[Miller Columns]] browser program, a [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] written by Apple and Pixo using the Pixo [[application framework]], and other [[firmware]] and component drivers written from manufacturer's reference code to support the standard behavior Apple wanted the iPod to have.