Sunday, 17 February 2008

new ipod firmware screws linux users



New iPod Firmware Screws Linux Users

Miguel de Icaza writes:

Yesterday after rumors that new iPods require a cryptographic

checksum on the song database we confirmed that Banshee can no

longer store songs on the new iPods.

The new firmware will now refuse to play any songs that you legally

own unless you use Apple's iTunes (which is only supported for

Windows and MacOS)

Read on...

In the meantime, I'll be sticking to my iRiver U10. (Cowon MP3 players

are supposed to be pretty Linux friendly as well.)

Update: And thus begins the game of cat-and-mouse - The new iPod

checksum has been cracked.


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