Re: [Staffslug] They don't get it......

Dont bother. There are some people that have been suffering from the same issues, and i beleive they have released an oppen source driver for the ipod, that allows it to sync with windows media player. But I don't know why he is so reluctant to switch to linux, we all know what the Mac OS is based on.... On 19/09/2007, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > Kids, they just don't get it do they? > > My son has just treated himself to a brand spanking new 80gb iPod. > Lovely bit of kit I will admit. He comes to load iTunes on the PC. I > am not allowed to run Linux on this one, I got massively outvoted. > So, he downloads the latest version.....DING! First problem arises. > The latest version of iTunes will not run on Win 2000 only XP and > above. Ok, try one of the repositories with an older version. > Downloads an older version that is compatible with Win 2000....DING! > Second problem. This iPod is so new that it will only work with the > latest version of iTunes. Of course I have told him that there is a > very strong possibility that he would be able to sync the iPod with > Linux (probably Kubuntu or Ubuntu). Will he listen? Guess? > > So it looks like I am now going to have to put bloody XP on a machine > now. I hate XP :-(((( > > Bloody proprietary software...mutter, mutter!!!! > > -- > ============================================== > > Kevan Farmer > Linux user #373362 > Staffordshire > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: kris(a)softdel.net