On Friday 01 Aug 2008, sumit wrote: > Hi, > > Did anybody used Apple ipod on Linux (open suse 10.2) machine? > Ipod needs Itunes to transfer songs.
> The other tools available are GTKPod & GNUPod. Why don't you share your experience with GTKPond and GNUPod? > Or use itunes with wine? > My Questions are-> > Why Ipod requires a player (Itunes or others) to transfer files? > Why can't we copy files directly like we do in any USB disk? I have the 1GB model and I could browse it's files on my Linux desktop. Take a closer look and you will find there are other files besides your .mp3 files. The player uses these files for administering your multimedia files. So whatever application you use to copy/remove files to the iPod will have to update these files. iTunes does this for you. BTW, Amarok/Rythmbox on your desktop also maintain similar files. > Which is the best way around to use ipod on suse Linux? The following was posted on in another LUG. Hopefully it is of some help. <http://kumarravichandran.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/using-an-ipod-on-linux-some-tips/> Comparable Creative products use some M$ technology (MTP) which I have yet to figure out on the Linux desktop. -- Arun Khan
