It's not possible to use a recent version of itunes without VirtualBox. :( That being said, the USB support through virtualbox is much better than it used to be. I manage to sync my ipod that way without any trouble. You can even set it up to automount your ipod into the windows virtual machine. Make sure to download the closed source version of the Sun site since it has better USB support.
Amarok, Rhythmbox, & Songbird all work with ipods. In fact, I would say they are all better than itunes. However you miss out on some important features like Genius playlists, the itunes store, etc... that only work with itunes. :( Anyone else with better ideas? Mike. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Dan Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All. > > > > A quick question for you. I am wanting to put Linux on my home computer > for the kids. They have been using Linux on my other computers without a > problem except for the deal breaker……. I TUNES!!! How or is it even > possible to get itunes running and working seamlessly in Linux with out > going through a virtual box?? I have done some reading that it could be done > in wine but it was an older version and they need the current versions. They > are using the 4 and 8 gig units along with the 160g and I touch aswell. Any > suggestions?? Also, they want to continue using itunes on both the ipods and > as a place to get their tunes aswell. > > > > Thanx in advance. > > > > Dan Mueller > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
