Chapter 16. PLUGGIN' IN THE PENGUIN

Ubuntu and Your iPod

PLUGGIN' IN THE PENGUIN

With all the talk in the previous chapter about ripping, encoding, and playing back audio files, you may be wondering whether or not you'll be able to transfer any of those files to your iPod using Linux.

Well, you will be happy to know that Ubuntu does iPods. You will also be happy to know that using your iPod on your Ubuntu system is quite easy. All you have to do is plug your iPod into one of your computer's USB ports, after which Ubuntu will automatically mount the iPod and place an iPod icon on your desktop (Figure 16-1). No longer do you have to mess around with mount and unmount commands ...

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