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Can I run iTunes in Ubuntu (or Linux in general)?

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Can I run iTunes in Ubuntu (or Linux in general)?

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No, you can’t. People will tell you there are weird ways to get iTunes running in Ubuntu, but I’ve never seen anyone successfully do it or give instructions that someone else could follow to successfully run iTunes in Ubuntu. If you do somehow manage to get some version of iTunes running, it will be buggy and not fully functional. There are two helper programs—Wine and Crossover—that allow you to run some native Windows programs, but even those don’t work. If you don’t believe me, check out these pages: Wine application page for iTunes Crossover Office application page for iTunes If you must run iTunes, your best bet is a dual boot. This means you have to reboot your computer every time you want to access iTunes and then reboot your computer again if you want to use Ubuntu. Two slightly more convenient variations of this are running virtual Ubuntu inside Windows using Virtualbox (or running virtual Windows inside Ubuntu using Virtualbox) or having two computers and a KVM switch that al

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