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Linux's iPod Generation Gap

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-used-to-think-we-just-needed-a-good-mail-app dept.

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."

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  1. I use my iPod with Linux by generic-man · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really. It's not hard.

    Just emerge gnupod and make sure you compile it with the --with-ffxk-so-opti=3 directive in autoconf. That'll hose you every time. Also I recommend that you use gnutunes out of the gnxms repository; the vanilla Gentoo repos's version is hosed.

    Also, my iPod only works if I mount it as /dev/sdc6. Don't know why that is, but the dev said he'd put it on his TODO list.

    Aside from that it's pretty easy!

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  2. Re:Linux needs to get its act together by Chosen+Reject · · Score: 5, Funny

    User: "How do I get my iPod to run in Linux?"
    Zealot: "Oh that's easy! If you have Redhat, you have to download quake_3_rh_8_i686_010203_glibc.bin

    Wait, I can access an iPod from inside Quake 3 on Linux? Sweet. Does it give you a boost? Like an extra few feet with the rocket jump?

    Now all I need is an iPod.

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