iTunes?

[LngLvThKng1682]

Since I've recently installed Ubuntu, I've only been updating my system and moving all of my important files from Windows to Linux. I haven't really had the chance to do the basic stuff that I used to do in Windows, such as downloading music and working with my iPod.
My question is, how can I run iTunes in Linux because of the no .exe? Yes I understand there is Wine but is there something Linux compatible that works the same? Also, what is the easiest way to install downloading programs such as Lime/Frostwire?

Thank you.

[i92guboj]

Since I've recently installed Ubuntu, I've only been updating my system and moving all of my important files from Windows to Linux. I haven't really had the chance to do the basic stuff that I used to do in Windows, such as downloading music and working with my iPod.
My question is, how can I run iTunes in Linux because of the no .exe? Yes I understand there is Wine but is there something Linux compatible that works the same? Also, what is the easiest way to install downloading programs such as Lime/Frostwire?

Thank you.

I've never used iTunes, so I can't be sure what's so special about it. But if you want a full-featured music player you can run Amarok. It's probably the most featureful player you will find. And it's extensible via scripting.

[LngLvThKng1682]

It's not that I need it for the music player, but you have to use iTunes to put songs on your iPod.

[i92guboj]

iTunes is a propietary program. So, unless you are millionaire and can "convince" it's owner to do a linux port, you are bound to wine if you want to use it.

Besides that, I highly doubt that you need iTunes or any other special thing to put music on your iPod. Just mount it and cp the files on whatever format the iPod supports.

[bigtomrodney]

Besides that, I highly doubt that you need iTunes or any other special thing to put music on your iPod. Just mount it and cp the files on whatever format the iPod supports.

Actually iTunes has a database that needs to be managed with software, usually (and technically the only official client) iTunes.

Amarok, Rhythmbox, Banshee and others have support for iPods built in. You can move playlists onto the device with Amarok with ease though I think Rhythmbox or Banshee might be more familiar.

[i92guboj]

Actually iTunes has a database that needs to be managed with software, usually (and technically the only official client) iTunes.

Amarok, Rhythmbox, Banshee and others have support for iPods built in. You can move playlists onto the device with Amarok with ease though I think Rhythmbox or Banshee might be more familiar.

I stand corrected. Thanks for the info

So, it seems that they deliberately wanted to make difficult the access to the device for non-windows or mac users, just like most enterprises do.

I'll be sure not to buy one of these, there's are lots of portable players that are better than iPod's and are filesystem based, rather than using a propietary database format.

/end rant.

[LngLvThKng1682]

Actually iTunes has a database that needs to be managed with software, usually (and technically the only official client) iTunes.

Amarok, Rhythmbox, Banshee and others have support for iPods built in. You can move playlists onto the device with Amarok with ease though I think Rhythmbox or Banshee might be more familiar.

Thanks everyone for their help and input. I'll just try it and see where that goes.
But as for downloading, what's the best way to install Limewire, or something to that effect?

[i92guboj]

I like mldonkey. You can control it via web at _http://localhost:4080_, it also can interface with telnet, and there are graphic clients as well if you prefer them, like kmldonkey.

There's also ktorrent, which is specific for torrent files only.

EDIT: I "fixed" the link with a _ at the end and another at the begining. Because if I write it properly, it gets substituted with "cPanel". That _ is not part of the url, so, remove it if you copy/paste the command.

[LngLvThKng1682]

Thanks everyone.
Your help is greatly appreciated