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Codeweaver's Crossover 4.0 Adds iTunes Support

Posted by timothy on from the productive-of-sloth dept.

nbahi15 writes "Codeweavers has released v4 of its Wine implementation with the addition of support for iTunes. To quote their web site, 'iTunes works, and can do everything we thought was important; play music, access the store, and sync with an iPod. It can't burn CDs right now, and it has some fairly serious warts (sound is tricky, particularly with 2.6 kernels, and getting the iPod going is hard), but we think it's usable.' Finally I can use the single most important 'productivity' application on Linux."

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  1. Yet more free advertising for Apple on Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We're shocked I say! Shocked! iShocked even!

  2. Nice and all. But.... by Kenja · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does it run as poorly as it does on Windows? Also, are you required to install the nagware called Quick Time? If not then how about a Windows port of Wine so I can run iTunes without QT or the performance problems?

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    "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
    1. Re:Nice and all. But.... by outZider · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't know, seems to work just fine for me on Windows. Maybe you should upgrade from that 128mb of RAM you're using on XP? ;)

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  3. Compatability? by physicsphairy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will it run under cygwin? ;)

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    When things get complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.
  4. Fantastic by spidereyes · · Score: 2, Funny

    although I'm a little concerned with how difficult this will be to get working how I'd like it. I have a Windows partition strictly for iTunes and I'd like to dump it and move on with life.

    Now if they just get Clippy support I'd be as happy as a pig in slop.

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    I say we just grow up, be adults and die.
  5. So let me get this straight... by mogrify · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmm... It plays music, and syncs with the iPod, but sound is tricky, and getting the iPod working is hard...

    Oh well, I guess you'd expect some problems with running an app designed for Mac on a Windows emulation layer on a Linux box -- come to think of it, it's amazing it works at all! Nice job guys.

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  6. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...a scramjet was installed in a Freightliner. It fits, but it doesn't run well, yet.

    It's not exactly news when a music player plays crappy sound in Linux. It's a neat ghetto-rig, but it's not news until it works well.

  7. I say what??? by advocate_one · · Score: 2, Funny
    Finally I can use the single most important 'productivity' application on Linux.

    Someone's got their priorities seriously out of kilter here...

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    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
  8. Re:Why Bother? by furballphat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah dude! Just the other day I was trying to load this XML into the kernel and it just wouldn't take it!!!! WTF!!!

  9. Re:This is a testament to how good iTunes is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Here is another despo attempt 4 karma whoring.