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If he's running Linux I'd be hesitant to recommend an iPhone 4, but I've never tried. I suspect lack of iTunes would be annoying. Is there a good iTunes subst

by rpledge 16y ago

If he's running Linux I'd be hesitant to recommend an iPhone 4, but I've never tried. I suspect lack of iTunes would be annoying. Is there a good iTunes substitute on Linux now?

dimarco 16y ago
I'm an iPhone user & Linux-only person for the last 2 years and my experience with the iPhone has been great.
- rpledge 16y ago
  What do you use to put music and movies on?
  - dimarco 16y ago
    I don't watch movies on it, but I get music from iTunes (on the phone), my NPR radio app, and Pandora.
    - htsh 16y ago
      Is it possible to move your own mp3's to the phone?
      - dimarco 16y ago
        Not that I'm aware of.
- tshtf 16y ago
  How did you activate your phone with Linux only?
  - dimarco 16y ago
    the AT&T store activated it for me - the fact that I didn't have access to iTunes didn't even come up(that I remember).
matwood 16y ago
I don't know about Linux since I quit using it on the desktop years ago. Someone responded to me a couple weeks ago in another iPhone related thread and said linux works fine with the iPhone - YMMV though.
risotto 16y ago
Between Google Sync (over the air email/contact/calendar sync ActiveSync), Pandora and Rdio (streaming music services), and the App Store updates, I almost never sync to iTunes. I'm not sure how it would be if I couldn't as every so often i do sync some music or movies. But cloud services are making iTunes and the USB cable more and more irrelevant. It's a shame Apple is so bad at cloud services itself.
- rpledge 16y ago
  If rumours are true, there should be some iTunes cloud support soon. Software upgrades require iTunes, but I guess as long as you have access to an iTunes equipped box sometimes. As you point out, if you're dependant on adding Music and Movies frequently it would become a pain in the ass.