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I have had my IPod for several months now. Its a G3 30Gb model and I use it with Linux and gtkpod. I've been using the new HFS+ driver and the 2.6 test series of kernel and had no problems at all. This means I can mount both Windows (FAT32) and Mac (HFS+) formatted IPods. gtkpod already has lots of great features that are missing from iTunes such as duplicate track detection using MD5 sums. I am working on a feature that will allow a 2 ways sync between the ipod and linux. This will allow to detection of exectly which tracks on the ipod are not present on the PC and to copy those tracks back accross. This feature is very usefull if you carry your IPod with you and use it collect tracks from other peoples iTunes.

Secondly, I have noticed that it is perfectly possible to use a FAT32 IPod with OS X and iTunes. It seems like Apple could have saved themselves some hassle and formatted all the IPods for Windows. That said, I sure there are serveral technial benifits to HFS+ especially on large IPods. However, the key point here is that if you want to use your IPod on Windows and OS X (and Linux or course :) then format it FAT32.

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:48 | tech | # | TB | 0 comment(s)