<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Michael Hirsch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdhirsch@gmail.com">mdhirsch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
My daughter is starting to lust for an iPod Touch, and she has the Bat<br>
Mitzvah money to make her dream come true, but I'm hesitant partly<br>
because I don't have a Mac or Windows machine to talk with it. Does<br>
anyone on the list have experience with Linux and iPod Touch (or<br>
iPhone)?<br>
<br>
I do know that I'll have to jailbreak the iPod, and I can probably use<br>
my work laptop or a friend's mac for that, but after that, how well<br>
does it work with Linux? Specifically:<br>
1. I believe that amarok should work with the iPod pretty well for<br>
uploading songs. right?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>yes </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
2. How does she install apps without itunes?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>no</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
3. Is she going to have to re-joilbreak the iPod every time new<br>
firmware is released?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>yes </div><div><br></div><div>She'll be able to install apps through having the ipod jailbroken, but only the freely available apps :-( Which eliminates a bunch available through appstore.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Soon enough you'll get tired of struggling with it and just get a mac. The mac mini is solid ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>-Scott</div></div>