iPod on Linux?

[pardsbane at offthehill.org (Joshua Pollak)]

The Rendezvous feature is a feature of iTunes, not the iPod. I'm not 
sure how you would use the iPod with Linux, but since its just a 
firewire drive, I would assume that as long as you put the mp3s in the 
right place, you won't be missing much.

If you put text files in the Notes directory, you'll be able to read 
them on the iPod. You can also transfer your Calendar and Address Book, 
though I don't know what format they need to be in. I think iCal uses 
the same format as the KDE calendar, though they seem to have some 
slight incompatibilities. I would guess the Mac doesn't do any format 
conversion before putting the files on the iPod, but it might. The same 
goes for the Address book.

I would guess the only really useful features you won't get from your 
iPod will be Software updates (extends the battery life, etc), and play 
lists. Perhaps the playlists are stored in the standard format, in 
which case I might be wrong. Oh, of course you won't get plug-and-play 
autosyncing of all your mp3's (well, not without writing some custom 
scripts), but since your a linux user, you can probably deal with that. 
:)

On Dec 18, 2003, at 7:54 AM, Duane Morin wrote:

> So my new company, which I love, just gave everybody iPods.  Of course,
> all the developers run Linux - the geekiest of us run it at home, too
> :).  Is anybody using an iPod with Linux?  How much usefulness do we
> lose?  Frinstance I was already told that the "rendezvous" feature,
> which apparently permits listening to each other's tunes, is only part
> of iTunes for Windows.  As I wait for my batteries to charge and peruse
> sourceforge for iPod references, I figure I'd ask at a higher level and
> see if I can avoid having to compile and install a dozen different
> packages in search of the one everybody's using.
>
>
> Duane
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