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Linux Kernel Ported to Canon DSLRs, Thanks to a Magic Lantern Developers - Video

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Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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It’s no longer April Fools Day, so what we are about to tell you is no joke, but the real deal. The awesome developers behind the well-known and acclaimed Magic Lantern third-party software add-on that brings a wide range of new features to Canon EOS cameras, have announced that they’ve managed to port the Linux kernel to Canon DSLRs.

In the video below, the Magic Lantern developers are demoing the work done so far on porting the Linux kernel 3.19 to Canon EOS DSLRs cameras, despite the fact that they have zero experience with kernel development. The Linux kernel port was successfully tested on several Canon EOS cameras, including 60D, 600D, 7D, 5D2, and 5D3.

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