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I recently got an iPhone and would like to know how i could use it to sync with an iTunes like software on Linux.

Any suggestions?

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You might want to ask your question again with a different title. People seem to be answering the question asked in the title (giving you Linux music players) instead of answering your detailed question (syncing with your iPhone). (I'd say "edit the title" but there's a lot of good answers here to the question of "iTunes alternatives".) – quark Jul 21 at 23:27

redacted · Answer 1 · 2009-12-14 10:14:51Z

The short answer is you can't legitimately sync iPhones in Linux.

Ubuntu has a wiki page about syncing iPhone/iPod Touch here. If the the iPhone has firmware 3.0 or greater there is no way to sync outside of iTunes. The suggestions on the site are: virtualise Windows or jailbreaking the iPhone (see instructions for firmware V1 and firmware V2). With some hacks you can then sync music on old firmware.

Edit: there has been some progress on iPhone OS 3.0 with usbmuxd (I notice that the wiki linked above has also been updated to reflect this). I'm not certain whether this method require a jailbroken iPhone.

John T · Answer 2 · 2009-07-21 10:36:49Z

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Banshee & SongBird work well as an iTunes replacement for iPods, however iPhones cannot by synced.

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answered Jul 21 at 5:22

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Banshee can't sync iPhones or iPod Touches, see the Hardware section of banshee-project.org/support/faq – redacted Jul 21 at 8:49

updated to reflect – John T Jul 21 at 9:02

Songbird can't do it either, getsongbird.com/features , 'In Progress', 'Devices': "Apple iPhones, iPod Touch and Microsoft Zune devices are not yet supported." They implemented a workaround which exports from Songbird to iTunes, then syncs the iPhone with iTunes. Doesn't work on Linux though as you need iTunes installed. – redacted Jul 21 at 9:45

hmm thats odd O_o – John T Jul 21 at 10:35

James McMahon · Answer 3 · 2009-12-10 13:54:01Z

Amarok

I think this is the best music player for Linux. Massive amount of features, but last time I check it was a little bit bloated. Just like iTunes :)

Unlike everything else on this list, Amarok is QT based. Which could be bad or good depending on your perception. However it works fine under Gnome.

Rhythm Box

Default music player for the Gnome desktop. Simple and straightforward.

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Banshee

Mono based GTK player, very similar to Rhythm Box.

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Quod Libet

Simple, fast music player. In the vein of Foobar for Windows. Not sure if it is actively developed anymore. My second choice after Amarok.

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Songbird

Up and coming open source music player. I have yet to be impressed so far.

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Pawka · Answer 4 · 2009-07-21 05:54:45Z

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Related question: iPod management software for Linux.

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Ludwig Weinzierl · Answer 5 · 2009-07-21 09:49:25Z

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Definitely amarok. It has large set of features and works very well. In fact it is one of the few KDE apps that are tolerated in my GNOME environment;-) And yes, it can sync with iPods and iPhones (if they are jailbroken).

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This is the zinger isn't it... I've really wanted to avoid jail-breaking my phone, but honestly I'm tired of using iTunes especially since i have to boot into windows to use it (not to mention I hate how sluggish it is, and no I've never used it on a Mac). Maybe I will do this now... calls for a new question on this site! – codeLes Jul 21 at 13:33

iTunes alternative for Linux?

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Amarok

Rhythm Box

Banshee

Quod Libet

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