Converting a friend to Ubuntu - needs iTunes

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On Oct/4/2011 10:4155 AM, Amedee Van Gasse wrote:
> On Tue, October 4, 2011 09:13, Alain Muls wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> A friend of mine has a Windows XP PC which takes ages to boot.
>> He is willing to try Linux (I want to install Ubuntu 11.10) but he has
>> one specific request.
>> He absolutely needs to be able to run iTunes (and it should not crash!).
>>
>> What is the best option to do this? Using a virtual windows is not
>> what I want, since
>> that would mean I could just as easily install windows.
>
> A honest answer: he should get a Mac. Seriously. A Mac is not Windows, so
> there *must* be something good in it. ;-) (sorry for the unprofessional
> Windows bashing)
>
> OSX is UNIX under the hood anyway, and a lot of Linux software is also
> available for OSX. For most people the operating system doesn't matter (a
> lot), all that matters are the applications.
>
> Perhaps you could set up some kind of dual boot installation (I think it's
> called Bootcamp on a Mac) and install Ubuntu on it too. I'm not familiar
> with Macs so I don't know the details.
>
>
> Disclaimer: I don't have a Mac, and if I had, I would wipe the hard disk
> and install Ubuntu.
>


I have always dual-booted Ubuntu and MacOS X on Macs. You describe the
correct method. One can even triple boot Windows by way of Boot Camp, 
which I have done but deactivated Windows because I am a Mac user who 
gets tired of wasting time running anti-malware software.


Boot Camp is an application inside the Utility folder of the Application 
folder on MacOS X. The OP might wipe the disk and install Ubuntu as you 
fantasize, but that would not solve his problem of getting access to iTunes.


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