Ipod Classic and Ubuntu

[Frozen072]

I need to know the best Ubuntu compatible Itunes alternative. I'm tired of all the problems that I have with Vista and Itunes.

 

[mach_zero]

I'm only a casual user of Linux, but from what I understand gtkpod is the only thing out there that halfway supports the new iPods. Since Apple put a checksum in the database to restrict access by third party software getting full support may be a long time coming.

 

[MOCKBA]

I am a writer of iPod manager program which is running on Linux systems including Ubuntu. Personally I use Ubuntu. However I have no iPod classic around to check if my iPod manager supports it. So I'm soliciting for itunesdb file for testing.

 

[MOCKBA]

Wikipedia gives a good list of iPod managers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_iPod_Managers

 

[jayko]

Uninstall Ubuntu its nothing but trouble

 

[Mavi77]

Uninstall Ubuntu its nothing but trouble

Ubuntu is the only reason my PC is running and connects to the internet.
My WinXP reads my new drivers as corrupt but when I installed Ubuntu everything ran smoothly.
I would love it if my new iPod classic 160GB would work with my computer like my friends 5th gen iPod does.

 

[dustigroove]

Uninstall Ubuntu its nothing but trouble

Wow, what a helpful and well supported statement. I take it your computer skills rival your powers of analysis?

Wikipedia gives a good list of iPod managers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_iPod_Managers

Good link! I would personally suggest Floola as a nice cross-platform option. I have used it under Linux and Windows (actually it is simply a single executable under Windows, so I leave it on the iPod itself and can run it under any windows machine that I connect it to).

There are plenty of options as evident by the small selection shown on the above wiki page, good luck in your hunt!

 

[splooshie]

ubuntu is the shizzle, my brother has an xubuntu laptop. you can just install wine winehq.com
then just install itunes. it works fine. i belive it made the platinum program list for wineappdb, im not sure tho. i still prefer dreamlinux though =)

(not my desktop, just an example of a dm one)

 

[Mavi77]

I'm only a casual user of Linux, but from what I understand gtkpod is the only thing out there that halfway supports the new iPods. Since Apple put a checksum in the database to restrict access by third party software getting full support may be a long time coming.

Yes, unfortunately this only seems to be the case with the new 6th gen iPod classics & new 3rd gen iPod Nano.

 

[szandor]

Uninstall Ubuntu its nothing but trouble

lmao. if you're having trouble with ubuntu, i'd hate to think how you fare with windows. ubuntu is so easy a caveman could do it. that's right. a caveman. not one of those geico mofo's but an actual caveman. like one of those cro-magnon sonsa#####es from 30,000 years ago. i bet we could dig up someone to help you with your ubuntu issues though...