I thought I'd throw another two cents in about iTunes (and the iLife
suite). I last mentioned it was the look and feel of iTunes and the
whole Mac experience my wife was after, but if someone simply wants
functionality and choice I think Linux in general and Lubuntu
specifically is a good
The problem is to make hardware to work on Linux, as already said here...
Apple sure does this intentionally, and that sucks!
I recommend to migrate to an Android too, every change is a pain, but...
this is for the good!
Android own more than 70% of the world's market. I know this is different
Ali, I feel for you. I managed to switch my whole family to *buntu from Apple Macs, but
my wife was by far the hardest to convince. I ended up setting up Ubuntu for her like a
Mac - with launcher(s), menu placement, etc. that mimicked the Mac OS look and
feel - which is what it's all about.
Congratulations on trying to convert the neighborhood over to Linux. Thumbs
up!
The two that I know of are Banshee (excellent GUI) and Amarok. I've
personally used Banshee, and its integration with iPods and Apple products
are pretty seamless. There was an issue back in 2007 when the iPod media
How do you get newer devices to work with Banshee? Or ones that have
never been 'activated' by iTunes. That is a rather big issue. Setting
the Firewire GUID doesn't seem to help, either. I have also heard that
the current version of Rhythmbox works as well, but I have never had
success with
The VM solution will work... I have already used a Vbox to flash and root
an Android device... But for that, you need to set optional extention to
have USB 2.0
AFAIK VM is completely transparent, so, you will be able to run everything,
if the hardware the VM offer is enough...
2013/12/13 Israel
