[bulug] Re: Linux + Ipod?
- From: "Jimmy C. Chau" <jchau@xxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:14:43 -0400
What features from iTunes do you need? Is it just getting songs to and
from you iPod? Do you need to be able to buy songs from Apple's store?
How about organizing and playing music?
I have an old iPod shuffle & moving songs to an from the iPod is as easy
as copying files and running a script (to update the playlist). Other
iPods may be different, but I don't have another (if you donate one to
me, I'll investigate further =P).
There are also many programs for organizing and playing music (I believe
one is included by default with Ubuntu).
As for buying songs from Apple's store, I don't know of any great
solutions (but someone else might). If you must run Apple's iTunes
software, two possible methods are to
* run it in a virtual machine which runs Windows (I do this for all
of the Windows-only programs that I use)
* or run it in Wine, an application that allows other operating
systems run Windows programs. According to the Wine website
<http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1347>,
support for iTunes is mediocre.
-Jimmy
timmahd@xxxxxx wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Right now I dual boot Windows XP and ubuntu, and I was thinking of
> switching completely over to Ubuntu at installfest this week. My only
> concern is using my ipod with linux. I haven't found any program that
> works for me, so im forced to switch to XP and use itunes
>
> Are there any programs for Linux that you would recommend?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim Duffy
>
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