Wake-up call: Apple won’t port iTunes to Linux
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MetalheadGautham
AFK
how the hell can music taste affect choice of OS ?did any1 read this
Quite indicative of Ubuntu supportthe guy wants him to change his music taste for the OS
coming on topic, for iPod management Linux has a great iPod management software, I forgot which application, but it was an already bundled music player in Ubuntu.
For the iTunes store, well it's Apple's wish, their market is not Linux users. Never was.
Its not as if Ubuntu or Windows comes with Metallica theme by defualt, is it ?
And yes, both linux AND windows have great alternate iPod management software. Either you have those dll forking light weight apps for windows, or you have those reverse engineered intergrated apps for linux.
I think Media Management software is sonething which shows your own ineffitiency - I prefer organising them myself, because no software can take into concideration the rules I use to sort music.
iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc often disgust me because while they are really slow, they have no good use. Infact, on windows, I think the sleekest media player is that mplayer2.exe, the mortal remains of WMP6.4 which still rocks.
There are music stores other than iTunes music stores as well. Besides, iTunes music store and almost 99.9999% if the music stores in the business rip people off. The audio quality is not lossless, but still we need to pay more than we do for the CD. Sheesh. Its better to buy CDs or if no CD is available, you get a reason to justify piracy.
iMav
The Devil's Advocate
yes Rythmbox it was, I enjoyed it. It is one really nice application for iPod owners who are on Linux.
I was referring to where the guy tells the other person to stop listening to pop & switch to independent artistshow the hell can music taste affect choice of OS ?
Its not as if Ubuntu or Windows comes with Metallica theme by defualt, is it ?
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Rhythembox is sick, bloated and ugly. Banshee and AmaroK are better.
hellknight
BSD init pwns System V
True.. AmaroK has default equalizer presets... Rhythmbox and Banshee doesn't.. iTunes has become a system hog over the years..
hellknight
BSD init pwns System V
Nah.. its not like that... Use AmaroK and then use the other two, you'll feel the difference and superiority of AmaroK
gxsaurav
You gave been GXified
Lolz...you don't understand anything do u? Or is it some psycological flaw in u?
The support guy told him to change his music taste cos his iPod wasn't working with Ubuntu, how LAME is that
Wrong. In an album suppose there are 10 songs for Rs 100 but i only like 2 of them, so why buy the whole album at Rs 100 & why not just 2 songs for Rs 20.
Pat
Beyond Smart
sourav123
Thinking Different
Who is offering songs @Rs. 10/-. Definitely its not Apple. They will ask at least Rs. 50/- per song. Robbers!!!
MetalheadGautham
AFK
If albums were Rs. 100.- in India, I would be hoarding them
aryayush
Aspiring Novelist
@praka123,
“ubuntucat”, whoever he/she is, spent a lot of time and effort to write that article. It’s a lengthy, well written article—the sort that you have to invest a lot into to be able to get just right. And he didn’t do it just so that someone could hit Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C and paste it all over the Internet. He did it because he wants people to visit his website and read it there.
Posting it here, the full article as it is, is downright thievery. Intellectual property carries a lot of intangible value—a Linux user should be the last person disrespecting that. As an author myself, and on behalf of all other authors in the world, I request you to only post excerpts with a link to the full article in future. You read it and liked it—the least you can do is have the author benefit a little for the great article he has penned down.
Thank you!
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P.S.: I haven’t read all the discussion going on in this thread because it’s based on a pointless premise. Apple is never porting iTunes over to Linux—you know that, I know that and everyone who knows anything about business knows that. What’s the point of bickering over it?
“ubuntucat”, whoever he/she is, spent a lot of time and effort to write that article. It’s a lengthy, well written article—the sort that you have to invest a lot into to be able to get just right. And he didn’t do it just so that someone could hit Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C and paste it all over the Internet. He did it because he wants people to visit his website and read it there.
Posting it here, the full article as it is, is downright thievery. Intellectual property carries a lot of intangible value—a Linux user should be the last person disrespecting that. As an author myself, and on behalf of all other authors in the world, I request you to only post excerpts with a link to the full article in future. You read it and liked it—the least you can do is have the author benefit a little for the great article he has penned down.
Thank you!
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P.S.: I haven’t read all the discussion going on in this thread because it’s based on a pointless premise. Apple is never porting iTunes over to Linux—you know that, I know that and everyone who knows anything about business knows that. What’s the point of bickering over it?
MetalheadGautham
AFK
The next time you post, please try to read everything. There is no point in adding "PS: I haven't read a thing because it aint useful for me", because its obvious from what you post. In threads in this forum, we don't just barge in and comment something looking at the title. There are other places to do that.
Please keep your big over-zealous head thats shaped like an apple in Some Other Thread and leave us alone.
mail2and
Walking, since 2004.
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