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There are some things that just get me going, and trying to load Linux on my computer devices is definitely on that list. I was looking forward to trying out the iPod Linux distro, but there’s a delay in the 5G Video release, so no luck yet. Truth be told, I’m sure it’s nothing more than a cool trick—the iPod’s user input is fairly limited. Don’t feel like scrollwheeling through the alphabet, thanks!

Naturally, once I heard the news that the DSLinux project had made progress accessing the system’s Wi-Fi, I started drooling all over my Linus t-shirt. I’d love to have a portable Internet device, especially one running Linux, and with a touchscreen keyboard I could definitely see myself tap-tapping out email, or web browsing, SSH, with the microphone I can almost picture VOIP. Big dreams attached to that, right?

My hopes were dashed once I started doing a little more research—turns out that there are some rather irritating hardware requirements necessary:

Just not what I was picturing. I’d break that off in a matter of weeks, not a doubt about it.

I’m sure the hardware will change and evolve, there’s even a small one out now, though it doesn’t work on the latest versions of the DS. Eventually I’m sure to take a crack at this, but for now, it’s just too damn ugly to consider.