iTunes for Linux ubuntu

[Njasmine]

One more question before I go to sleep, iTunes I'm a big iTunes user how can I get iTunes to run on ubuntu 9.04.

Thank u

[bigtomrodney]

You can try running it with Wine but you may have mixed results. It is known to change dramatically between releases and can break quite often. An important question though is what you use iTunes for....if it's to buy from the store I don't think that can be helped since Apple intentionally blocked Linux out there, but if it's just to manage your iPod and music collection there are several alternatives. Amarok is great for this, it's my favourite but lots of people like Banshee, Exaile or Rhythmbox.

[ben2talk]

You can try running it with Wine but you may have mixed results. It is known to change dramatically between releases and can break quite often. An important question though is what you use iTunes for....if it's to buy from the store I don't think that can be helped since Apple intentionally blocked Linux out there, but if it's just to manage your iPod and music collection there are several alternatives. Amarok is great for this, it's my favourite but lots of people like Banshee, Exaile or Rhythmbox.

I've been at it for more than a year now. Actually, right now, I forgot why I loved iTunes so much...

The real answer here is that if you MUST have iTunes running 'seamlessly' on your desktop, or perhaps in a window on a second desktop, then you must install it using XP in a virtualbox. The biggest headache with this is that you must also have the music library on that VDI disk - the networked solution is just not going to cut the mustard.

There are solutions for iTunes tasks - synchronising and stuff like that. In the meantime, take a look at the very credible alternatives. (look at gtkpod)

Songbird is better, Exaille is good, but I prefer Banshee. For podcasts look at Miro (lovely) and gPodder (superb and lightweight, and lets you choose to open your files with anything you like)

When Amarok works, it's nice - but I don't think it suits my gnome setup. MusicBrainz Picard is by far the best organiser (tags, naming, whatever) and offers you tons of alternatives that iTunes will not - being an Apple software.

I really did look at this over 6 months, believing what people say (use wine or virtualbox) but for some things, it's not worth it.

Believe me, after you lived without iTunes for just a few months, you won't remember what was good about it. You'll say 'well I can do that, and I get more options, and it's better'.

Songbird is super cool if you wanna listen and have information/lyrics/wiki information in panes - read the wiki and search internet in the browser section.

Podcasting works better when it's separate. Miro has a built in browser (anything you find on the net, you can add the url and browse in the Miro window) and manages audio and video podcasts internally - set the directory separately to your 'Music Library' folder or whatever.