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Re: [microsound] iTunes iSux



By the way Ubuntu Studio <http://ubuntustudio.org/>is great for us artsy
folk... : ) Using with a dell dimesion. runs wonderful. even has built in
drivers for my HP printer. Not to mention every piece of crap hardware that
came with the dell....
http://ubuntustudio.org/

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Paul Shuler <paulshuler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Look in to the Cowon iAudio D2<http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2007/04/cowon-iaudio-d2-review.php>supports Flac, Ogg and everything else except crappy .m4a, has great video
> capabilities and and SD card slot. Excellent sound quality. Everything is
> drag and drop. And there is a great user community developing skins and such
> at www.iaudiophile.net.
> Happy user here. No need for iPod.We this supports everything can even
> record in 256 kbs through it's biult in Mic. love it. -Paul
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> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> There are some very extreme bugs within iTunes when dealing with
>>> .aif(f) or .wav files.  The problem is that iTunes runs its DRM filter
>>> on all files to see if they are "burned from an cd or bought from
>>> iTunes"; the issues resides in that their DRM filters breaks direct
>>> links to files, then they will not show up in iTunes, the files more
>>> than likely still exist.
>>>
>>>  and this is why I refuse to ever buy another iPod to use as a mp3 player
>> or use iTunes for anything but casual net-radio listening
>> next mp3 player I'm getting is a Sansa and so I can drag my mp3's onto and
>> off of it rather than using iTunes
>> gawd what a piece of crap
>>
>> and don't get me started on Apple Mail
>> I hate it even though I use it daily
>> sheesh!
>>
>> I'm considering buying a cheap used Dell and loading Ubuntu onto it for
>> office admin work
>> some things Apple does well (example: FCP) while other apps are still
>> trying to join the 21C of computing
>>
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