I decided to drop the $10 to get the upgrade for my iPod Touch, so I could use the snazzy new features available on the iPhone 2.0 software. It seemed like getting it for access to the App Store was a good idea, so I figured I would give it a try. (I’m actually using the WordPress app to write this entry, so I guess it’s useful.) I had my reservations, though.
I was pretty diasappointed about the prospect of paying for software since I honestly can’t remember the last time I paid for software. Almost everyone would probably read that last sentence and think that I spend all my time trying to find a way to steal software, but those that know me know that isn’t the case.
Since I’ve successfully managed to live for the last several years with only free open-source software (specifically Linux distributions Fedora and CentOS) on my home systems, I’ve become accustomed to never having to pay for software. Much to the amazement I have a fully functional PC for browsing, editing images, playing media, and of course software development.
Unfortunately the idea that you don’t need Windows or OSX to use your computer is probably foreign to many. I can only hope that will soon change — which is why I like to take the opportunity to bring it up whenever I can!
Are you running iTunes via a Windows partition or Wine?
I actually used Jennifer’s laptop rather than iTunes with Wine. How do you typically use iTunes?
For my touch, I have it on my OS X partition. I don’t even have any music loaded on my FOSS partition; instead, I just dock my iPod in the Logitech AudioStation Express unit. Which, actually, has decent audio quality for it’s (relatively) inexpensive price tag.
Using a player like that seems like the way to go. I’ve actually not used anything but iTunes on the Touch yet, but I might consider jailbreaking it and using amarok+ssh+fuse since that seems like a pretty neat way to do it.
Not to mention, it’ll make you seem absurdly intelligent to those who have no idea what any of that means–aka >90% of the population.
Hahaha…sad (or maybe not) but true.