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Sync Your iPod on Linux

Posted by pudge on from the i-hear-Apple-is-going-to-buy-Linux-next-though dept.

scatboy writes "Tex9 has software for using an iPod (yes, another iPod story) on Linux. It uses a graphical drag-and-drop interface through xtunes, their version of iTunes on Linux. They are looking for beta testers of the xpod software now. I have a dual boot box that has only gone into Windows lately to load my iPod with the betas of XPlay. I held out on making the final purchase of XPlay due to rumours of Apple coming out with their own Windows software at MacWorld New York. This is an even better reason to wait. I am very excited about a chance to measure uptime in months again!"

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  1. Okay, that's great ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    But I'm still waiting for the iPod for Game Boy Advance hacks!!

  2. a $1200 dongle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why buy a Mac just to use your iPod? Not that it is any good for much else. You'll feel pretty bad in the morning, knowing you'd rather integrate that iPod into your much more useful Linux system that you already have.

  3. Re:Uptime != Penis Size by wirefarm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Windows users say the darnest things...

    Cheers,
    Jim in Tokyo
    (Curerently 317 days uptime so far with Linux)

    --
    -- My Weblog.
  4. Re:Uptime != Penis Size by Ted_Green · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, no, no.. rebooting is bad for the environment. You see while it only takes a little electricity to sustain a computer, it takes quite a bit more to "reboot" it. Why almost a 1/100 of a penny more. And that's 1/100 of a penny that could be going to save the panda's foundation.

    So you see, uptime is good for pandas. ...for their foundation. ...

    yes.

  5. Re:Uptime != Penis Size by jellybear · · Score: 2, Funny

    True.

    It's not size that matters. It's how long you keep it up.

  6. Re:Uptime != Penis Size by svferris · · Score: 2, Funny

    Every time you reboot, God kills a kitten.