Well, that was true, (for about 36 hours) but it didn’t last long!

I wasn’t surprised to see a “fix” for Apples attempt to put an end to the Linux, IPod friendship.

Sunday, September 16. 2007
iPod Classic Will Be Supported

As recently reported on Slashdot, Apple, in its infinite wisdom, has added a checksum to the iPod database apparently to restrict non-iTunes products (like Amarok via libgpod) from having the ability to add music. To me this sounds pretty familiar. This is the same thing they did to iTunes 4.5 to make it harder for other apps to read off their DAAP shares, they changed it again in iTunes 7; open source apps are still unable to read iTunes 7 DAAP shares.

Source: Amarok.Kde.Org

~LC

Technorati Tags: Apple, IPod, Linux, Amarok, ITunes

Linux users are as evangelical about desktop environments, the all-encompassing graphical user interface software responsible for providing everything from taskbars to office suites, as they are about operating systems. It shouldn’t come as any surprise, then, that the first major release in over five years of the most popular desktop environment available is causing quite a stir. Due to be released on December 11th, KDE 4.0 is bringing exhilarating graphical, usability, and functionality improvements to the Unix-like systems it is designed for—and Windows users will get a taste, too.

Oh, won’t Billy be happy to see KDE running on windows! (hehehehe)

Source: Extreme Tech

~LC

Technorati Tags: KDE, Linux, Windows