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> The OS of the iPod was Linux-based? It wasn't. For those who didn't read the article: Apple was considering (not very seriously) replacing the iPod OS with o
by LeoPanthera 5y ago
> The OS of the iPod was Linux-based?
It wasn't. For those who didn't read the article: Apple was considering (not very seriously) replacing the iPod OS with one based on Linux, as the existing OS codebase was such a mess it was bordering on unmaintainable.
Obviously, the idea was not implemented, but it was this proposed OS that would have been "scaled up" to the iPhone.
- vlovich123 5y agoJobs if I recall correctly had tried to hire Linus to work on Darwin. I don’t believe the Linux on iPhone/iPad project had any meaningful realistic traction beyond engineering proposing it as a path forward and building the prototypes on it. My impression was that it was a nonstarter politically.