[Gllug] Apple Ipod Help

[Sanatan Rai]

On 10 May 2011 18:30, david at gbenet.com <david at gbenet.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I got a very small Ipod for my birthday (Sunday) the instructions said goto
> ipod.com/downloads - which took me to the apple site. I downloaded the installer - ran it
> and when I plugged in the ear plugs all it would say was "please use itunes to sync this
> ipod" in an American voice. The device is not seen by Ubuntu 9.10 - I've installed gtkpod I
> added some Django Reinhart which seemed to be in a play list - but were not added to the ipod.
>
> All I get is "Please use itunes etc.." how do I configure it to work with Linux or do I
> chuck it in the draw and forget about it?

   Welcome to the hell that is Apple. This will not be seen by any
'nix device until you `jailbreak' it.

  Alternatively, you could try installing your favourite
embedded-Linux distro. Take a look at:

     http://ipodlinuxinstl.sourceforge.net/

Warning: the project might not be currently supported and installing
linux shall certainly void
the warranty.

--Sanatan
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