Linux and iPhone could be happy together, with your help

I’m not sure how large the intersection between Linux user and iPhone owner really is, but you might blame at least part of that on the fact that there’s no way to use your iPhone with a Linux box. At least, yet. But Linux users are a hearty sort—they’re not about to let petty incompatibilities stop them.

Matt Colyer is a developer who’s working on bringing iPhone support to Linux by creating a filesystem using fuse that would allow Linux machines to mount the iPhone and allow users access to the filesystem, all without having to jailbreak the phone.

Right now, the project is very much in early stages, and Matt’s looking for help from anyone who’s willing to contribute by adding information to the documentation of the iPhone’s command protocol or by providing traces from iTunes that will help shed more light on the protocol.

So, if you’re a Linux user who’d like to at least have the option of using an iPhone with your platform of choice, you might consider dropping Matt a line and seeing how you can help out.

Category: Hacking, Software

Posted by Dan Moren on Apr 3 2008, 1:27 PM ET

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