Not using iTunes to manage your iPod?? Blasphemy!!

Well not quite. What if you’re a Ubuntu user like me and don’t have the all-singing all-dancing iTunes for your OS?

Solution: Rythmbox.

Rythmbox is the default music player in Ubuntu and it has iPod support. I was surprised when I plugged my Nano into my PC to give it a bit of juice, and up popped Rythmbox.

The interface is reasonably similar to iTunes, afterall it was inspired by it.

I haven’t had too much of a play with Rythmbox as I have a macbook that is my iTunes music database, but here is a tutorial to get started with.

So, while we wait for Apple to release a version of iTunes for linux (here’s hoping they do), give Rythmbox a try.

If Rythmbox is not iTunes looking enough for you, you can try out www.songbirdnest.com

Tags: Ipod, Linux, ubuntu, technology