I actually prefer buying from Amazon to iTunes. Though iTunes no longer encrypts their music it's still in AAC format. Amazon sells MP3s, which are guaranteed to work absolutely everywhere, such as the MP3 CD player that came with my car.
- Josh On Jul 14, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Mark Fortner wrote: > The main problem with Songbird is that while it gives you access to > your library, and handles iPod syncing, it doesn't allow you to buy > new music (through iTunes). As a result, I end up using Amazon MP3 > to get new music. If your co-worker is OK with that, then switching > to Songbird shouldn't be a problem. > > "I really wish Apple would support its hardware better and have a > version of iTunes for Linux". Apple IS supporting its hardware -- > by using iTunes as a tool for getting you to by Apple hardware. :-) > > Mark > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Ryan Waterer > <aguitadel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have the exact situation with a co-worker. I need to completely > rebuild her machine due to a virus infection. I looked into Linux, > but unfortunately, had to discard it since this person uses iTunes > exclusively. While I could install Wine and have her use iTunes > through Wine, I just didn't think that I could do so right now. > I'll try and slowly move her over. I looked into Songbird, and > while it does attempt to sync, this is its Achilles heel. They've > gotten a lot better, but when looking through the forums about > Songbird, the newest devices are still having a lot of issues syncing. > > This is one case where I really wish Apple would support its > hardware better and have a version of iTunes for Linux. I'm sure > they'd rather have people buy new Mac hardware instead! > > --Ryan > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@marinacci.org > > wrote: > > I think songbird can sync iPods > > - Josh, on the go > > On Jul 13, 2009, at 11:59 AM, E Winter <ejwin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Is there a good way to get iTunes port on Linux yet mainly for ipod > > and iphone syncing? That would be a biggie for me to recommend > Linux > > or even Chrome to 'grandma'. Almost everyone I know has an ipod if > > they have a digital music player and I can't expect them to hack'em. > > > > On Jul 13, 12:11 pm, TorNorbye <tor.nor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jul 12, 4:30 pm, Peter Becker <peter.becker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I believe the main point is that you can tell before the buy if it > >>> is > >>> going to work. I suspect most Mac users will buy only those > products > >>> that are labeled to work with MacOS. Hardly anything gets > labeled to > >>> work with Linux, partly since "Linux" is too vague -- MS and Apple > >>> tend > >>> to produce a much smaller set of platforms to develop against.> > >>> Windows is the gold standard of hardware support because > >>>> they have to support *everything*. > >> > >> Yes, that's the point I was trying to make -- for Windows and Mac > the > >> device/peripheral manufacturer will supply the driver or ensure > that > >> it works without one. When I go to Fry's and buy stuff I always > look > >> for the "works with OSX" icon on the box -- and I can usually throw > >> away the Windows device driver that comes with the device; until > now > >> everything has just worked out of the box with the builtin > drivers in > >> OSX. > >> > >> It's pretty rare to find "Works with Linux" on boxes. I was pretty > >> excited a couple of months ago when I was at Fry's and I saw this: > >> http://blogs.sun.com/tor/resource/pc_mac_and_sun.jpg > >> The device was advertising that it works with "PC, Mac and Sun" ! > >> > >> I'm sure most devices work with Linux -- especially if the devices > >> aren't new. The story from some other post in this thread of > somebody > >> taking their 5 year old system and hooking it up to Ubuntu > flawlessly > >> didn't surprise me in the least. But where you can run into trouble > >> is > >> if you buy a brand new top of the line graphics card, or something > >> obscure like a fingerprint validator. > >> > >> Anyway, this probably won't be a problem at all since I suspect > >> ChromeOS isn't intended as an OS you download and install on your > >> custom built super system, but something installed by manufacturers > >> on > >> netbooks as well as desktop systems to bring the cost down > instead of > >> a Windows license. In those situations, where they are > preconfiguring > >> everything (and hopefully installing device drivers to work with > most > >> printers) it should be fine. > >> > >> -- Tor > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mark Fortner > > blog: http://feeds.feedburner.com/jroller/ideafactory > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
