Ubuntu 10.04 supports iPhone and iPod Touch out-of-the-box

[Sai]

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/confirmed-ubuntu-1004-supports-iphone.html

For there to be any chance of "the year of Linux on the desktop" ever becoming a reality, certain things have to happen. One of those things (like it or not) is for a major distribution to support the most popular portable media players on the planet -- the iPhone and iPod Touch.

And it looks as though Canonical has stepped up to the plate. According to reports at Ubuntuforums, Lucid Lynx supports Apple's hardware without breaking a sweat.

The Nautilus file manager can browse and access files, but that's really not too interesting to the average user. What does matter is that Rythmbox can play your tunes right from your iPhone or Touch. Pair that with the Ubuntu One Music Store, and it's clear that Lucid is well on its way to becoming an extremely consumer-friendly distro.

It may not sound like much, but when I had Ubuntu systems on display for retail customers nearly everyone asked "can I do all the same things I can on Windows with this?" which they followed with "can my kids use their iPod with it?"

Since I'll soon be able to answer "yes" to that question, it might not be long before Ubuntu systems reappear on our shelves -- and those of other system builders as well

 

[Sushubh]

Apple can break all this functionality with a simple update to the firmwares on ipod and iPhone. they have done it to break compatibility of itunes with palm webos. they would do it to break compatibility with the linux platform if they want to.

 

[amish]

Yep, dont mess with the Apple as Apple even can even change the laws of gravity

 

[alig]

I read the Original article. Interesting stuff.
Details on how this can be done NOW! on the current Ubuntu. 9.10 is given here.
Warning: This is only to be tried by LINUX Geeks! Can Brick your phone.
With that said, here is the link:
http://marcansoft.com/blog/2009/10/iphone-syncing-on-linux/
and
Abort, Retry, Hack?

 

[alig]

Apple can break all this functionality with a simple update to the firmwares on ipod and iPhone. they have done it to break compatibility of itunes with palm webos. they would do it to break compatibility with the linux platform if they want to.
That is true, also because on a Jailbroken idevice, it can do a lot more than just "sync music", thus making it a lot easier for "Dev-Team Blog " to do their thing.