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Ubuntu: sharing music with iTunes

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

1. sudo aptitude install mt-daapd
2. Edit /etc/mt-daapd.conf so that mp3_dir = [your music directory]. (Also any other configuration changes you might want to make; the file is well-commented.)
3. sudo /etc/init.d/mt-daapd restart
Really this would work on any Debian-derived distro… but I’ve only tried it on Ubuntu.
Update: It looks like mt-daapd puts an admin interface on [...]

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

I’ve been running
Ubuntu on my home computer for a week and a half now. That’s right, I’ve
joined the “A-list blogger circle-jerk”. For certain values of “A”. Specifically, the value “F”.
I’ve mostly found alternatives for all the programs I used. The only area where I’m not quite satisfied is a [...]

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