itunes

[gmoney671]

Has anyone found a way to run iTunes on Ubuntu 9.04 without errors? This is the only thing holding me back from fully converting to Linux. I have an iPhone and I need iTunes to work Pls. help!!!

[undadecor]

I don't know about that, but take a look at these if you haven't done so already:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588246

[europa]

When I was using iTunes with Linux, I used VirtualBox. Install winxp on there along with iTunes. works just as well.

If you just want to update music, Songbird is great.

http://getsongbird.com

[ReddogOne]

When I was using iTunes with Linux...

What I do as well. Works a treat. Not totally getting away from the evil MS but keeping it locked in a cage in a corner where it can't do no harm ;)

[DLG102282]

What I do as well. Works a treat. Not totally getting away from the evil MS but keeping it locked in a cage in a corner where it can't do no harm ;)
Have you tried running it in WINE?

[blade1950]

I've found that the best solution is to drop ALL software that is MS based including the "Workarounds, ie, Wine, VB, etc) I have had very good success finding alternates that are native to Ubuntu. Try this one. It works quite well.

http://banshee-project.org/

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[Paul41]

iTunes doesn't work in WINE (http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1347) but as suggested you could use VirtualBox.

[ReddogOne]

Have you tried running it in WINE?

Yeah! Pants! Sure people can get it working with a bit of work but life is too short.

Like the concept of WINE and wish it did work but I haven't the time to hack or contribute to the project so the one stop VirtualBox solution is the way for me.

[faree]

i'm pretty tech savvy, but not when it comes it these things. however i know that firewall icons can be found in the lower right hand tray of your monitor screen... where the time usually is. you could hover with your mouse over the icons to see which is... security, etc. then click. the word varies and depends on what the name of your antivirus/firewall system is. you could also try going to the start menu into all programs and look for anything relating to your security system...

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[shashikejayatunge]

i too have the same problem,, i have an ipod touch, and tried all gtkpod,banshee,songbird, but those dont detect my ipod,, why is this hapening???

[internalkernel]

i too have the same problem,, i have an ipod touch, and tried all gtkpod,banshee,songbird, but those dont detect my ipod,, why is this hapening???

What version of Ubuntu are you using? There was a known issue with 9.10 switching to device-kits to facilitate mounting and identification of ipods. So, Banshee, songbird and a few others had their ipod support broken.

There are a few workarounds for this, I am still using Banshee with my ipod. It syncs everything including playcounts & ratings. Only a couple of notes to mind, it syncs one-way - from your playlist to the ipod. It's not bi-directional like iTunes. But, in my quest for an itunes replacement (that didn't require installing an entire OS) I've found Banshee to be the closest thing.