Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Linux Hackers At It Again On The HTC Universal
Posted by Raphael Salgado in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 11:00 AM
"A PDA-like Windows Mobile phone has been successfully coaxed into running Linux. The "Universal," created by Taiwanese ODM HTC and re-sold under various brands, has successfully booted several Linux OSes, after a flurry of collaboration on a developer community forum."
Linux-loving hackers have been working long and hard to get kernels and GUIs running on every electronic device they could get their hands on, so it comes to no surprise when I saw this latest screenshot on XDA-Developers' Wiki Page of an HTC Universal getting "pwned." While it satisfies their "Why? Because I Can" philosophy, not all the features of the HTC Universal are functional under the Linux platform, and more importantly, the whole endeavor is not for the faint of heart. After all, performing an official firmware upgrade on a $1000 device can be scary enough. 8O
Linux-loving hackers have been working long and hard to get kernels and GUIs running on every electronic device they could get their hands on, so it comes to no surprise when I saw this latest screenshot on XDA-Developers' Wiki Page of an HTC Universal getting "pwned." While it satisfies their "Why? Because I Can" philosophy, not all the features of the HTC Universal are functional under the Linux platform, and more importantly, the whole endeavor is not for the faint of heart. After all, performing an official firmware upgrade on a $1000 device can be scary enough. 8O
