Apple TV BackRow SDK

Ah, thanks for the info. Glad to hear work is ongoing to bring all the coolness to the rest of us. We appreciate it! :)

JeffDM, Patchstick (or using a USB stick to install ssh, for those that don't know) is not ready for distribution because the only route to making the Patchstick currently requires an encrypted boot.efi file from the AppleTV. Work is ongoing to create a workaround that would result in a perfectly legal and distributable Patchstick so that anyone can simply pop in a USB stick and go on to adding programs.

YodaMac, there are several ways of doing this, but they require booting the AppleTV from an external USB device. Very easy, but in order to do this, you need to have the kernel files, which I don't believe are completely on the up-and-up. So, you tare it apart, or you hit the goolge for the tools you need.

I've never tried it, but supposedly PatchStick doesn't require opening the AppleTV.

So... I know there's been a flurry of AppleTV hacks out there since it shipped, but what I'm still unclear on is whether or not ANY of these hacks are able to be installed without tearing your AppleTV physically apart? Are there any hacks that can be installed "easily" (by regular folk), or is it still all basement hacker territory?

Just a happy AppleTV owner who wouldn't mind some cool new mods, but loves his AppleTV enough not to practice weekend brain surgery on it. :)

That is a great icon.