Itunes.

[Furycd001]

Hey

I'm looking to wipe the hd on my early 2009 MacBook and install ubuntu gnome. My only concern before doing so is for my iTunes library / music. About 90% of my music is already in mp3 so that's ok, but the other 10% is music that I have bought directly from the iTunes store. What can I do about that 10% Also what options do I have for maintaining my music collection on an iPod classic while using ubuntu gnome

Many thanks for your help...

[maestrobwh1]

If it is music you bought in the past few years, it should be DRM free if you bought it. Can you play a file natively from a live cd or by installing "unbuntu-restricted-extras" while running live? Ubuntu 14.04 plays .m4a files easily.

[Furycd001]

Thank you very much for your reply Most of the music that I've bought will be from after 2011. I haven't tried yet but I will give that a try asap. What about managing my iPod classic Like adding and syncing music to it.

[sgage]

Thank you very much for your reply Most of the music that I've bought will be from after 2011. I haven't tried yet but I will give that a try asap. What about managing my iPod classic Like adding and syncing music to it.

I don't know about the iPod issue, but the music that I purchased on iTunes all plays fine on Linux music players (provided you install the appropriate codecs). I think anything after 2011 should be fine - I don't remember when they dropped the DRM.

[Edit: A couple of songs that I bought in 2004 seem to be DRM-ed, but everything from 2009 and on plays fine.]