*sigh* ... i guess either Xen it to run itunes on Windoze .. or Windoze and VMWare to run your favorite linux distro ... thanks then - if anyone know of any shareware or application that can manage mp3 that would allow me to migrate my home network into linux and bye-bye windoze and Apple for good! - V On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > vincenzo romero wrote: > > Great thread ... > > > > Quick question - for those of you who deployed Ubuntu for your home - > > ( i have played with it at work, indeed like a toy) ... does it have > > availability of most applications that teenagers would like? .... > > itunes support? etc.... > > > > My son's Apple G4 is a victim of logic board issues and soldering bad > > design - I want to just suck the info out into our NAS drive and just > > get a cheap laptop - wondering what linux version would be a good one > > to deploy for home use .. > > > > any thoughts esp vis a vis mp3 support would be greatly appreciated .. > > > > There's not a huge difference among linux distros in the applications > that are available if you track them down. Most won't include anything > with patented or even questionable functionality in the base distro. > Fedora won't publically admit that such stuff exists. Ubuntu has it in > repositories that easily be enabled. There are several media players > around but I don't think any will play drm-affected AAC files from the > itunes store and playlist management probably won't quite match itunes. > > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- best, Vince
