Codeweaver's Crossover 4.0 Adds iTunes Support

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."

Comments

Where is Apple in all of this?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why doesn't Apple support a Linux version of iTunes natively? I mean come on, 99+% of all open source Linux apps can run natively on OS X now, so where is the reciprocal good will towards the Linux community from Apple?

Re:seriously, this is great news

[eobanb]

argh, look, my intent wasn't to mindlessly knock Rhythmbox...I'm just saying, you can't really call it an iTunes replacement unless it actually does most or all of the things iTunes does. I think that now that iTunes runs on Linux there might be a lot more people inclined to use it...

opposits attract?

[oliverthered]

Well there's linux, free, open etc...
and there's ITunes, closed, drm,
expensive ($1 for a track that has 1/10 the value of a cd track), and possibly illeagal.
How in xyz years time when the copyright on the DRM track I've perchased runs out can I put the work into the public domain?

for once I agree

[Ender Ryan]

For once I completely agree with you. I am so confused these days by so called "geeks."

I have used the 'doze version of iTunes a few times, and I plan never to touch it again. On a 900mhz t-bird, with 512MB system memory, it was slow as could be.

Why would anyone want to use that horribly bloated piece of turd running in an "emulator?"

And the iPod...? No thanks. There's cheaper players that support more music formats, and don't use proprietary bullshit for transferring data.

Maybe I'm just not as easily wowed as some, but I still don't understand why, with all Apple products, people act as if it gives them orgas... OOOH SHINY!!

Re:Yet more free advertising for Apple on Slashdot

[Mod Me God Four]

Sir, the creator of pee pee/poo poo is truely a god among the CLIT.

Re:Yet more free advertising for Apple on Slashdot

[AstroDrabb]

Hmm, I am surprised that Apple Zealots(tm) haven't swarmed over your post and modded you down. Apple actually allowing interoperability? Never! The only reason that iTunes runs on MS Windows is because Apple _knew_ they wouldn't have a market without it. Apple doesn't really care what their users want to use unless is it Max OS X running on some Mac hardware.

Insert Apple Zealot(tm) post about how Apple uses Open Source stuff and how the kernel is open. Umm, but don't mention how all the important stuff that makes a Mac a Mac is closed and locked away by Apple, because that would ruin the Mac Zealot(tm) argument (and put Mac on a level playing field with MS). Then insert counter point that Apple _needs_ to keep somethings proprietary in order to compete. Then ingnore the fact how Apple loves Open source code they can take and use to save millions in development costs and then take ages to return changes to the community (cough, safari, cough).

I have plenty karma to burn baby >: P

osx

[torrents]

let the gread exodus from osx begin...