[clue-tech] "Best" replacement for iTunes?

[Michael Fierro]

I recommend amaroK. It works well both as a podcatcher and as an iPod
manager. It's worked flawlessly with my iPod Nano; the only problem I
had was when I pulled the iPod off its cradle without hitting the
"Disconnect" button in amaroK.



On 10/15/06, Sean LeBlanc <seanleblanc at comcast.net> wrote:
> In my ongoing quest to never boot Windows on my new laptop, I'm looking for
> a decent iTunes replacement. I only use iTunes for two things:
>
> 1. Sync my ipod
> 2. As a podcatcher
>
> I don't use it for anything else, especially playing media, because iTunes
> is really an atrocious application - on Windows anyway. And I can't even
> upgrade it to the latest one as the installer dies.
>
> Switching to a new setup for this is a pretty big commitment and I want to
> pick the best one without a lot of experimentation. The reason for this is:
>
> 1. Syncing apps will need everything set up the same way as the original
> syncing machine or stuff missing in local repository will be removed from
> ipod.
> 2. Moving over all the RSS feeds for podcasts will be pretty intensive.
> 3. There is always the chance the syncing app will just corrupt the ipod,
> and I get to start from scratch. I found that even having the ipod attached
> to my windows machine during a boot will hose it up. I think that's because
> of chkdsk.
>
> --
> Sean LeBlanc:seanleblanc at comcast.net
> http://sean-leblanc.blogspot.com/
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