Re: [LUG] itunes on Linux

[colin james <doodlesmcpooh@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 18 September 2010 10:27, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 18 Sep 2010, Roland Tarver wrote:

I am not sure that it is such a great idea encouraging non-free,
closed source software on to linux. Although I can see the immediate,
real world benefit to users that don't really care if their SW is free
or not. It would be far better if there was (perhaps there is) an open
source alternative.

While I care little for iTunes, there is plenty of non-free, closed source software already under Linux - some of it costing millions of dollars in licensing fees!

Some years back some of the big chip design/layout and simulation packages moved from Sun through HP and onto Linux - I looked after some 64-bit multi-core AMD machines with 64GB of RAM some 4-5 years back...

Gordon

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Rhythmbox does the job just fine. If you're on Ubuntu they have the Ubuntu one music store integrated into Rhythmbox. If you want to buy cheap non drm mp3s then play.com is 10p a track cheaper than anyone else.
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