[Fedora] Re: itunes-like applications

[Walter Cazzola]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Craig White wrote:

> #1 - time to update your Fedora. F13 is EOL and soon F14 will EOL too.
> Installing new packages on F13 is going to be difficult if not
> impossible at the point they move the repo into archive (if they haven't
> done that already).

I've but I'm too lazy to reformat my linux box (the boot partition is
100Mb too small to install the new F14 I've read).

> #2 - I'd be interested in knowing the answer to this question too - but
> what I do know (and I don't have an iPad and likely never will)...
>  - Apple has a rigid structure for iTunes and it's more than just
> copying files to/from your iPad which I would think you can do already
> by connecting the USB to your Linux machine.
>  - With my iPod, I use my Windows system and iTunes but the data is
> stored on my Linux server so I can access the music with anything
> (Rhythmbox, Amarok, etc.) I use mt-daapd on Linux to share this music
> with any compatible iTunes player including iTunes on Windows/Macintosh
> and of course Rhythmbox & Amarok).
>  - Apple keeps a tight grip on devices and technologies such as
> iTunes... they want to exercise complete control over the content you
> put on your iPad/iPhone/iPod and thus frequently change their iTunes
> software making it somewhat risky to have other applications tinkering
> with the iTunes.db

> You might try to see if Amarok or Rhythmbox can sync/add/delete music to
> your iPad (I have no idea what their current level of implementation is
> these days).

Indeed I'm not interested in passing music on the ipad but ebooks and
pdf files, I'd like to use it as a sort of e-reader.

Walter

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