Converting a friend to Ubuntu - needs iTunes

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Tue, October 4, 2011 09:13, Alain Muls wrote:
> Hi All
>
> A friend of mine has a Windows XP PC which takes ages to boot.
> He is willing to try Linux (I want to install Ubuntu 11.10) but he has
> one specific request.
> He absolutely needs to be able to run iTunes (and it should not crash!).
>
> What is the best option to do this? Using a virtual windows is not
> what I want, since
> that would mean I could just as easily install windows.

A honest answer: he should get a Mac. Seriously. A Mac is not Windows, so
there *must* be something good in it. ;-) (sorry for the unprofessional
Windows bashing)

OSX is UNIX under the hood anyway, and a lot of Linux software is also
available for OSX. For most people the operating system doesn't matter (a
lot), all that matters are the applications.

Perhaps you could set up some kind of dual boot installation (I think it's
called Bootcamp on a Mac) and install Ubuntu on it too. I'm not familiar
with Macs so I don't know the details.


Disclaimer: I don't have a Mac, and if I had, I would wipe the hard disk
and install Ubuntu.