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I have a first-gen iPad sitting around. Is there something like postmarketOS I could install? Hell, I would even settle for using it as a headless box ...
by omginternets 9y ago
I have a first-gen iPad sitting around. Is there something like postmarketOS I could install?
Hell, I would even settle for using it as a headless box ...
- ikeboy 9y agoYou should be able to jailbreak then set up ssh. Not sure what tools exist, possibly some do that allow VMs or could be enough native software that you could do what you want. VM would be super slow, native would be fine if you can compile and run it properly
- compiler-guy 9y agoI feel like old ipads would be useful as the head to another box, rather than a headless box. They have decent screens, and would work well as, say, an extra screen to a movie player for kids on trips. It's unfortunate that there isn't an easy way to do it.
- miskin 9y agoI use 1st gen iPad as client for Plex it runs ok there. It can also play (correctly prepared) movies and YouTube, so it is really ok for kids use.
- netsharc 9y agoApple really should allow open source OSes after a few years, when the device is no longer sexy. Release the drivers as open source, release some signing keys that would allow boot image signing, etc (but obviously keep it somehow separate so tinkerers can't sign hacked iOS images using those keys), and allow the community free reign. Obviously they are afraid someone will make an OS that, when run in a 2012 iPad, can beat the 2017 iPad...