Re: Linux on an iPod 30G?

jellybean stonerfish wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:16:16 +0000, alvinj wrote:

My son is trying to get Linux working on his iPod anyone here ever
try that? :) So far so good but not done yet.

Alvin in AZ (6.06 and Tin+pico)

My son found gtkpod on ubuntu


Amarok (qt kde application) is way faster and easyer to use than gtkpod
and doesn't crash if you put a lot of musics in you playlists.

Personally I use it with my ipod nano 3Gb it is easy to configure and
eye-candy.
.

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