On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 09:58:48AM -0500, Matthias Johnson wrote:
> I got a 32 Gig Ipod Touch from my girlfriend this morning.  I know some
> people in LUG have these and I was curious about Linux support.  First off
> it looks like I can't even get the thing on until I connect it to iTunes but
> maybe I'm wrong.  After that point it looks like I can connect it to Amarok
> or Banshee and a few others.  Anyone have any experience with this?
> 

It's itunes-only until someone reverse engineers their new protocol.

AFAIK (the times I've looked), all the linux ipod managers mount the
ipod as mass-storage and manipulate the database.  The touch no longer
offers mass storage as an option, they'll have to write their own device
drivers to talk the new protocol.  

They were working on it, I haven't heard of it being done.

And correct, it has to be plugged into itunes first, i don't know any
way around this.

Hope you have windows/mac handy somewhere, they really made it
impossible to use without their stuff.

-m

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