[ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

Tue Aug 11 19:49:15 BST 2009

Thanks for the info folks.

I have an iPod Classic and use Amarok 1.4.x which is awesome. Shame 
Amarok won't work with the iTouch.

Ok, what about running iTunes with WINE, would that work? Or must it be 
a VM?

I don't mind setting all these things up for the guy, but if just one 
thing happens, out of the ordinary, I won't be there to fix it, he'll be 
completely baffled, and I'm not too versed on VM's/iTunes myself to be 
the call centre guy  :D

James Milligan wrote:
> Yeah the only blog posts I can see myself are from 2007:
>
> http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/07/08/10-alternatives-to-itunes-for-managing-your-ipod/
> http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/07/03/how-to-manage-your-ipod-using-rhythmbox-in-ubuntu/
> http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/07/04/how-to-use-amarok-to-manage-your-ipod-in-ubuntu/
>
> Also, on the Ubuntu Forums, there was this thread, but again ended in 
> 2008, a while ago:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=654042
>
> Short answer: pretty much zero support for iPod Touches/iPhones.
>
> Good luck ;-)
>
> James
>
> David Stansby wrote:
>   
>> Sorry, I'm afraid not. The iPod touch firmware is encrypted in such a  
>> way that it is very hard to get into it in the first place. I'm not  
>> aware of any way of getting any library but iTunes to work. If  
>> anything did work, it would have to be through windows (and I'd be  
>> delighted to hear about such methods myself)
>>
>> Regards,
>> David
>>
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On 11 Aug 2009, at 18:38, Ronnie Tucker <ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Thanks for the replies David and James. Things look hopeful then...
>>>
>>> Is it possible to upload mp3's to the iTouch without iTunes  
>>> (RhythmBox?
>>> Since it comes with Ubuntu) as my colleague readily admits that iTunes
>>> is 'rubbish' and 'hate[s] it with a passion'.  :D
>>>
>>>
>>> James Milligan wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Yeah I have an iPhone 3G and my Dad has an iPod Touch (I think 2nd  
>>>> gen).
>>>> On 9.04, we have a VM of Windows XP, the only difficulties arise when
>>>> updating the firmware.
>>>>
>>>> I found when I updated to 3.0.1 that when it goes into Recovery Mode,
>>>> and it's different 'device', VirtualBox (of course others exist)  
>>>> didn't
>>>> automatically pass it through.
>>>>
>>>> Apart from that, it's fine :-)
>>>>
>>>> Oh, and of course, it should work for your colleague - I'm an Ubuntu
>>>> noob, so as long as he can press 'Devices, USB Devices, Device  
>>>> Name' on
>>>> the VB VM menu, that's the extent at which he needs to be involved,
>>>> possibly.
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>> David Stansby wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> I myself have a second gen iPod touch, and I believe that you  
>>>>> can't do
>>>>> much natively in ubuntu without delving deep into ssh (which isn't
>>>>> ideal for anyone) What I've had to do is set up a virtual machine  
>>>>> with
>>>>> windows in it, and sync my iPod touch through iTunes in windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can find out more about virtualisation on the ubuntu wiki, but  
>>>>> in
>>>>> my experience the process isn't too complicated and works fine for  
>>>>> me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11 Aug 2009, at 16:41, Ronnie Tucker <ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a work colleague who's fed up with Windows on his laptop  
>>>>>> (not
>>>>>> sure of the make/model I'm afriad) and is more than willing to give
>>>>>> Ubuntu a shot. But... he has a first generation iTouch (not
>>>>>> jailbroken,
>>>>>> (jailbreaked?)) which he (obviously) wants to continue using.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does Ubuntu 9.04 support the iTouch (first gen)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He's not too computer literate so it'd have to be relatively easy  
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> him to set up. I could set it up for him initially but as long as  
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> process doesn't require internet access (how do people live without
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Internet?).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Ronnie Tucker
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk
>>>>>> www.RonnieTucker.co.uk
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Registered Linux User # 456627
>>>>>> Registered Ubuntu User # 18227
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> -- 
>>> Ronnie Tucker
>>>
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>>>
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>>   
>>     
>
>   

-- 
Ronnie Tucker

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