7 Jul
2006
7 Jul
'06
7:18 p.m.
On Fri Jul 07, 2006 at 02:02:01PM -0700, st wrote:
I can't get this thing to work with windows. I
think it's because
I can't get service pack 2 on my pirated copy. My Gentoo box gets usb errors when I
connect it. I don't want to fiddle with
it too much. I thought I might try one of the new desktop type
distros. My workmate like ubuntu. It seems to handle the ipod
well as installed.
What are suggestions as to how to use my ipod with Linux? Which distro, and which
applications?
my suggestion would be return the ipod, and get something that supports open standards
rather than crippling DRM and trading features and flexibility for marketing. something
like iAudio, which supports OGG, FLAC, full 'mass storage' support (even if you do
get the ipod mounted eventually, all the files will be weird base64-esque names and have
some proprietary db containing the tags), not to mention a better price-per-GB, more video
formats, FM radio, record from FM or line in, no DRM, etc. if you want me to dig up more
points on why you should return the ipod i coudl praobly find them. like pictures of their
slave factory, or examples of how long youll be messing aroudn with udev, enabling kernel
modules, and trying to compile and use broken 'sort of do some stuff with the
ipod' apps...
Thanks,
np (and i bought Apple products for a decade, so i have a right to complain how low theyve
fallen ;)
Toby