Comments on: Archos 605 WiFi Linux hack

CNET Senior Editor Donald Bell talks about a way to hack the Archos 605 WiFi portable video player to run the Qtopia Linux platform.

[DuckInA.Pond]

I don't get it

Do you get to keep the original interface too for the multimedia features?

[dramamoose]

It still works

The multimedia interface still works. Basically, you just have to launch a PDF file (after inserting some code into a password field), and the interface comes right up.

[jcdj.acid]

controler.

when i went it to tv controler on my archos 605 it had a choice that said "send infra red signal to cable reciver" thats the same signal that tvs, dvd players, romote controll cars, and lots of other devices use. cant you use this signal to control stuff that use this signal, could they put it in the hack?

[nickbu1]

This looks quite good. Might do it as I am a bit bored of my Archos. Do you know if this is reversible, if i want to put it back to normal?