Linux's iPod Generation Gap

An anonymous submittor says "Today's young generation can use Linux on the desktop provided it works with their iPod. Linux on the desktop still hasn't reached that stage and has to be compatible with multimedia applications like iTunes and iPod if it has to beat Microsoft's Windows dominance on the desktop. Open source gurus at LinuxWorld discuss solutions to make Linux more consumer-friendly."

Comments

back when I was a lad....

[madnuke]

We had blinking cursors and a book full of commands on how to format your 64k tape, what do todays kids want GUI's and all this ipods!

Re:Linux needs to get its act together

[fedthedawg]

you dont have to complain because you are lazy.

Great!

[gatzke]

Just what we need, an influx of the ipod generation!

Remember when AOL users got access to the full internet, including newsgroups! Do we really want these people?

http://www.atlasmagazine.com/michael/newbies.html

Can't even play MP3s

[MulluskO]

I installed openSUSE not too long ago and it couldn't even play MP3s.

What a joke.

Re:DRM

[vertinox]

Linux will remain behind of commercial OSes in the realm of media, not because it is Linux, but becuase of DRM.

If you think that the majority of space on all the iPods in the world is filled up with music from iTunes... Well you've got another thing comming.

Besides, people don't buy iPods because they support fairplay DRM. They buy them because they play music on a fashionable easy to use device. They could care less as long as DRM is invisible and non-intrusive.

As soon as that DRM starts screwing them over, Joe six pack gets pissy and returns products to stores.

Re:Why is parent modded funny?

[Quintios]

Wow, all I did was click "install" and iTunes works flawlessly.

What's wrong with your computer? After Dark screensaver mucking things up?

Re:Bread and games

[steincastle]

Some people care about thing they use. Some join the bandwagon free OS train together with the 3rd world ppl. Linux is buried deeeper and deeper by this kind of "marketing" (unfortunatelly). Btw: still laughing at that idea of 100$ hadle-dynamo powered notebook and the poor negro boy using by it with the hand like a Hell Boy :D

Re:I don't want to be redundant, but...

[bealzabobs_youruncle]

And the other great part of using Linux, a user community full of elitist wannabes whoe think they can argue down anyone who disagrees with them. I'd be far better off with outmoded shit audio hardware, odds are good ALSA would support it. You are an F'ing riot if you pretend ALSA has drivers for recent hardware, I'm still waiting for them to actually get SigmatelSTAC drivers right for the very common Intel HDA stuff on recent 945 series boards (one first party board and one Dell laptop with no sound). Sorry I didn't keep my SoundBlaster Live around, but sometimes hardware dies of old age. And just because it can put out margianl 2D sound doesn't mean it is a good experience. The facts are clear, the media experience on Linux still sucks, and if you really want a full and rich media experience you are better off on Windows or a Mac. Put aside your zealotry and do an honest side by side comparison

And please don't pretend that Amarok is some model of interface design, it has gotten better, but mostly by trying to mimic the best parts of iTunes and WMP.

Re:You're delusional and owned.

[Overly Critical Guy]

Just so everyone knows, twitter is a well-known shill who bashes absolutely everything that's not Linux-based or OSS.

I save my wavs as gziped tar archives and play them as oggs.

Abso-fucking-lutely hilarious. And nobody cares about Ogg but Slashdotters!

iTunes does not live up to the Amarok + Wikipedia + Lyrics experience

iTunes with all the free plug-ins out there not only live up to it but surpass it. Frankly, the app is the #1 jukebox application for a reason. It's a great piece of software with an interface everyone now clones.

You sound like one of those guys who bashes