Comments on: 3 Ways to (Try and) Get the iPhone to Work with Linux

By: Justyn

Justyn — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:08:38 +0000

Hey nice article.

I use VirtualBox (free) and use an install of WinXP so I can sync my iPhone 3G at this stage. It's a pain I know, but a workaround at this stage.

By: linuxdad

linuxdad — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:12:43 +0000

iphone syncs fine with itunes xp in virtualbox but when upgrade is performed and the iphone goes to recovery mode the usb locks up. I had to go to an actual XP and restore after copying the backup file over.

iphone in recovery mode > ubuntu > virtualbox > XP > itunes

By: anon

anon — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:25:23 +0000

Virtual Box works great to Sync the iphone, It runs windows much faster than VMWare, I am not sure why you have not mentioned it. oh yea, its FREE.

By: flyerhawk

flyerhawk — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:17:43 +0000

Well you could just use Songbird instead.

By: frog

frog — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:03:58 +0000

Why bother with Linux. Just get a Mac

By: Bela

Bela — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:13:32 +0000

So do you recommend Linux for the casual user?

By: cris

cris — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:37:20 +0000

Not sure if this helps, and this is not something I’ve tried myself, but (according to them) Media Nonkey now supports the iPhone 3G. It’s Windows only, but perhaps it’s easier to get running in WINE/Vmware…

http://www.mediamonkey.com/news/2008/11/05/new-mediamonkey-306-syncs-with-iphone-3g/

By: James

James — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:47:56 +0000

Or just flip the bird at Apple and buy something from a company that doesn’t use DRM and other proprietary technologies to lock out paying users. Hint: T-Mobile G1.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:54:48 +0000

You can install itunes 8 under wine, there is a hack that enables it to install properly:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13739

On my work machine I run windows XP as a guest OS in virtualbox under Ubuntu, slight tweak to the usb kernel module (http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/491) and the iphone works perfectly (sync/update firmware etc.)