gtkpod on F15 works well for managing music and videos on my (non-jailbroken) iPod Touch. I have had trouble in the past after iOS upgrades on the iPod, however (the result of Apple's tight control on the rather close iTunes software and database, I imagine). Usually gtkpod updates a bit after a new iOS comes out to support whatever the new version does differently. On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 10:35 +0200, Walter Cazzola wrote: >> Dear Linux Experts, >> I'm a linux user (Fedora 13 is on my machine) and recently I got an >> ipad2. I'd like to transfer data among the linux box and the ipad2 as >> itunes does on Mac/Windows is this possible? I don't need all the itunes >> functionality just the possibility to send/receive files to/from the >> ipad2 applications via the USB connection. Any tool to suggest? >> >> Thanks a lot >> Walter >> >> PS. I don't want to jailbreak the ipad2 > ---- > #1 - time to update your Fedora. F13 is EOL and soon F14 will EOL too. > Installing new packages on F13 is going to be difficult if not > impossible at the point they move the repo into archive (if they haven't > done that already). > > #2 - I'd be interested in knowing the answer to this question too - but > what I do know (and I don't have an iPad and likely never will)... > - Apple has a rigid structure for iTunes and it's more than just > copying files to/from your iPad which I would think you can do already > by connecting the USB to your Linux machine. > - With my iPod, I use my Windows system and iTunes but the data is > stored on my Linux server so I can access the music with anything > (Rhythmbox, Amarok, etc.) I use mt-daapd on Linux to share this music > with any compatible iTunes player including iTunes on Windows/Macintosh > and of course Rhythmbox & Amarok). > - Apple keeps a tight grip on devices and technologies such as > iTunes... they want to exercise complete control over the content you > put on your iPad/iPhone/iPod and thus frequently change their iTunes > software making it somewhat risky to have other applications tinkering > with the iTunes.db > > You might try to see if Amarok or Rhythmbox can sync/add/delete music to > your iPad (I have no idea what their current level of implementation is > these days). > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
