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To: Swordmaker
I am a Linux person. I get excellent performance and stability out of it, as well as appearance - this is my desktop computer, which I put Ubuntu on yesterday -

That said, I really only have one complaint about Apple. I'd like a Linux version of iTunes. Yes, there are equivalents, but no iTunes store.

Regards, Ivan

21 posted on 06/06/2006 5:00:44 PM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: MadIvan
I'd like a Linux version of iTunes.

Write to Apple and request it... point out the rising number of LINUX users and the revenues that could be made off of additional iPod and iTunes sales.

26 posted on 06/06/2006 5:04:35 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!")
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To: MadIvan

I just installed Xubunto on my bleeding edge computer a night or two ago.

While I'm happy with how it loaded and all that. Xandros was more complete. Xubunto was like loading a blank slate...don't get me wrong, it loaded from cd insertion. But I had to hump many hoops to get it too a compentently usable state.

That sorta goes back to my issues with Linux. Linux isn't ready for end users yet. No distro. Yes, I can make it work. If I give a disk to my FIL, there's no chance in hell he's going to get something usable without lots of hours on the phone. Yes, it's not bloaty, yes, it's lean and mean, but XP works great. I am NOT a windows zealot, but there is NO distro of linux, even Xandros that will load and do what everyone wants. The Linux community can fix that and when they do a 1ghz cpu with 128mb ram becomes a "decent" machine.


48 posted on 06/06/2006 5:47:56 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: MadIvan
Ubuntu rocks. I just upgraded both machines to Dapper Drake. Good stuff.

As for an iTunes like store, what about http://www.emusic.com/?
66 posted on 06/06/2006 6:39:24 PM PDT by dyed_in_the_wool ("O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends" - Koran 5.51)
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