iPhone can now run Linux. Is Android on iPhone Next?

Thanks to the fantastic efforts by Planetbeing and his team, iPhone can now run Linux.  The new iPhone Linux platform is named OpeniBoot.  After OpeniBoot is installed, the user can toggle between Apple’s Mac OS and OpeniBoot console.

This first major milestone supports a bunch of drivers, interrupts, MMU, etc.  Touch Screen, Accelerometer, Wi-Fi and Sound are among a few others are yet to be ported.

Porting Linux OS is an arduous task and the amazing results are demonstrated in the below video.

iPhone Linux Demonstration Video from planetbeing on Vimeo.

If you are curious to give this a try, the instructions are available here, the files can be downloaded from here  and OpeniBoot SVN Repository files are available here. 

iPhone is paving the way for new business models.  Linux porting on iPhone is a great accomplishment and will pave way for a host of Linux applications on iPhone.  So, what is next?  Android on iPhone?  We are very positive it is in the near horizon.