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On Mon, 2 May 2011 12:04:24 +0100 (BST) Gordon Henderson wrote: > > To migrating my wife from XP to Linux are: > > iTunes. > > This is a must-have. No questions asked. It's not that she buys much > stuff, but that it integrates into the BBC, etc. for downloading > podcasts, etc. to her iPod thing. > > Printing - It's an HP PhotoSmart 2575 with an Ethernet port as well > as USB > - a quick google suggests it is supported though. > > Can you run iTunes under Wine? It would need access to the USB > hardware to make interface to the iPod work, but that's an area I > really know nothing about (and the only time I tried to run Wine on > my desktop - under Lenny, crashed the entire desktop )-: > > Cheers, > > Gordon It seems a number of the Linux Destkop MP3/Podcast apps also run under Windows... maybe swap this out and lead her through it before the big change. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq