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How to Use Your iPod Under Linux

Posted by pudge on from the mp3-ing-into-the-new-year dept.

Jon writes "For those lucky readers who received an iPod for Christmas I've put up an article on LinuxLookup.com on how I got my iPod working under Linux. I've given a little overview on the different options available, and which one worked best for my needs. All in all, I'm extremely happy with the outcome. I can transfer my music, create playlists, and add all of my contacts. The only thing missing is a nice GUI."

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  1. Learn to run a website by Jeffrey+Baker · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Totally unrelated to the iPod topic, but:

    I think humans have lost the technology of hosting web sites. Here is a fucker who submits his own article for posting on Slashdot, and doesn't even prepare for the inevitable tens of thousands of concurrent connections. Let's examine the situation:

    http://www.linuxlookup.com/modules.php?

    The website is using dynamic content with PHP. Already we know the site isn't setup for high concurrency.

    op=modload&name=News

    Looks like the programmer decided to possibly load and compile some code on every request. Not good.

    file=article&sid=381

    It also appears that the main content is being loaded from a database by ID number. News flash: RDBMS do not scale.

    Call me a relic, but I do miss the days of static content. Your PHP page is probably a spiffy blend of database connections, but nobody can see it. Try generating your content to a static file and serving that. Even Ye Olde Apache 1.3 can serve tens of thousands of static files per second.