itunes and linux

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damoderby
damoderby Posts: 228 Forumite
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Hi i currently have my itunes account set up on my laptop however said laptop is now bust.
So my question is can re set up my itunes account on a linux netbook?

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  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,546 Forumite
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    What are you wanting to do?

    Basic support using wine is supposed to work.

    http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=14793

    Not tried it though.........

    If you just want to transfer non DRM stuff you already have, then use Floola.

    www.floola.com
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    amarok - itunes account connector
  • patman99
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    You'll enjoy using linux, best one out there is 'PCLinuxOS', very user-friendly, easy to pick-up for ex-Windows users, and comes with support for broadcom WiFi chipsets built-in.
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  • bat999
    bat999 Posts: 1,926 Forumite
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    Hi
    It's supposed to be possible to use iTunes with Linux using Wine.
    I've tried it and failed miserably.
    I use gtkpod now, it's great.
    I've also used Yamipod for a while. That's OK too, but gtkpod is best (imho).

    This is a tutorial for gtkpod, it's not difficult. Tutorial

    There's several tutorials out there on the www where they claim to have iTunes running with Wine.
    I suppose if you want to use iTunes for downloading stuff from Apple then it's worth trying.

    This is gtkpod in action:-

    gtkpod310709700.jpg
  • S0litaire
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    Every time WINE get's iTunes working iTunes usually release an update which stops it wokring in WINE (But every update to iTunes wrecks everything not apple based) :) lol

    Think the latest iTunes does not work with WINE.
    Genera lrule is if you find a version that works in WINE *DONT* ever upgrade it! lol
    Laters

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