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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. iPod on Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why would anyone have an iPod on a Linux box? I mean, okay, maybe on windows... its kind of an end-user OS... but Linux? Nah... I'll be happy using my Mac + iPod, thank you. Oh and Linux, it can sit in the server room.

  2. The investment in an iPod warrants the following by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Please say it with me...again...Linux is for SERVING. I can get my new Kitchen Aid mixer to run under Linux, BUT why should I?

    Just my .006 CDN

    --
    If we don't fight for ourselves no one will.
  3. Re:No iPod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    the only extra input associated with the ipod is that fact that all ipod users accept various inputs into their anus. Archos works as a mass storage device and records. Of course, it is butt ugly - but then so are pasty hippy fags on slashdot.

  4. Re:The investment in an iPod warrants the followin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Wouldn't it make more sense to use your Mac or Windows box to transfer files to/from your iPod? Why would you buy an iPod in the first place if you only have a Linux box? Reminds me of those numbnuts who don't bother to read the system requirements and bitch when something doesn't work right. Duh.

  5. 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.

  6. It's easy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Step 1: Find skanky fat chick.
    Step 2: Convince her that you're really interesting (this is the hard part)
    Step 3: Have her buy your booze.
    Step 4: Drunk!
    Step 5: (Optional) pork skanky fat chick.