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Pinnacle
08-30-2006, 11:16 PM
Found this interesting!

Well, you will be happy to know that Ubuntu does iPods, even Nanos. You will also be happy to know that using your iPod on your Ubuntu system is quite easy. All you have to do is plug your iPod into one of your computer's USB ports, after which Ubuntu will automatically mount it and place an iPod icon on your desktop

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9266
nn_step
08-31-2006, 01:54 AM
Linux wins again
Deathspawner
08-31-2006, 06:57 AM
What's holding other distros back from this? Ubuntu specific seems kind of odd to me.
Revv23
08-31-2006, 07:55 AM
nothing reall,y justy need someone to program it in... ;)
nn_step
08-31-2006, 08:09 AM
Yep and Ubuntu seems to be more concerned about porting it around than they are perfecting the security
xlink
08-31-2006, 08:28 AM
Yep and Ubuntu seems to be more concerned about porting it around than they are perfecting the security
and the likely hood of an attack ona small OS which .1% of people use is?

then again I'm suwe half of that .1% all goes here... heh linux discs have saved my ass in the past and they will continue to do so...
alexio
08-31-2006, 08:40 AM
Does this apply to Kubuntu too?
the
08-31-2006, 08:47 AM
oh =/ i thought you could load an unbuntu distro onto the ipod. creative ftw, ipods are crapola.
Deathspawner
08-31-2006, 09:53 AM
and the likely hood of an attack ona small OS which .1% of people use is?

then again I'm suwe half of that .1% all goes here... heh linux discs have saved my ass in the past and they will continue to do so...

Take into consideration how large of a number that .1% is. Ubuntu is one of the most popular distros out there right now, so any security risk is a big one.

I have yet to understand why this distro is so popular. First, they had a bug where the system password were stored in plain text, and then a simple update killed X. Marketing ftw.