Hi,

I have got an ipod nano 3G. (http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/)

I want to port linux on it but unfortunately www.ipodlinux.org is down.

Can anyone please send me the latest podzilla and kernel images from ipodlinux site nightly builds? I searched google a lot but couldn't find them at any location.

Any help is much appreciated.

IIRC, 3G Nanos are not supported by ipodlinux as yet. It's possible the developers are adding support right now, but until they get their site hosted again we'll have to wait to find out.

gtkpod/libgpod does support 3G Nanos though, so you should be able to at least add/remove music from the device with the original firmware. If you have access to a Mac or Windows box, it's advisable to put the ipod into disk mode (I think that's what it's called) first. I failed miserably after multiple attempts to get my sister's 3G Nano to work with gtkpod though, so that's all the advice I can offer really. It boggles the mind the way they force you to run iTunes just to tweak options (like Disk Mode) on the device itself - why isn't there a menu on the actual device for these options? A big part of why I hate ipods that is, but I digress.

My trouble helping my sister with her ipod aside, libgpod does support your ipod, and there are a few other apps that purport to support adding and removing music from ipods. Some of these include:

http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/
http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/
http://getsongbird.com/
(and obviously all the apps that support libgpod, like gtkpod, banshee, rhythmbox, amarok...)

Hi,

I upgraded the ipod software to 1.1.3 using iTunes yesterday. gtkpod failed updating the ipod once i tried with version 1.1.2 and iTunes could not detect the media files without restoring the software itself. After the detection, album artworks were gone. But I am not sure whether I enabled the disk mode then.

And yes, iPod is a mess. A small example - I updated iPod spftware from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2. It was not supported by my version of iTunes (but it was version 7 odd). I updated iTunes to version 7.5 odd. It won't work without Windows Service Pack 2 (voila!!!!!!!!). I like to keep my system clean and tidy for performance. I ended up in some sort of a dustbin (as I personally feel) with an additional garbage of around 500MB from Windows and Apple.

I would like to know if any of the linux softwares (except gtkpod) you mentioned supports video transfer to iPod. Floola hanged.

Try yamipod, that's always worked for me. Or Banshee or Amarok with the appropriate addons.

Does Yamipod support video too?

I don't recall, have a look at their website.

Seems like it supports only mp3 and AAC.