You can then make unlimited unencumbered copies. This is bound to mean /dev/dsp, which is "hackable" in the sense that anyone with root access can snarf the digital audio data between when it gets decrypted by iTunes and when it gets sent to the sound chip.
CrossOverOffice almost certainly uses a standard Linux sound driver to get the sound data to the sound chip. Again, repeat after me, Wine Is Not an Emulator.ĭon't tell anybody, but this must actually break the iTunes DRM good and hard. An API is just something you program to, a set of functions, etc that you use to make a program do something. All three of them run on Windows, they are not the default Win32 API and they do not emulate. This is no different them me writting a Windows applications using GTK+, QT or wxWindows. Instead it is using Windows API's that were ported to Linux. It is running natively, though it is not using default Linux API's or traditional Linux GUI tool kits. So iTunes running on Linux is not being emulated at all. Wine does not emulate windows, it is an implementation of the Win 32 API. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code, but it can optionally use native system DLLs if they are availableThen name Wine stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. Think of Wine as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. I don't particularly see having an online store integration as a good thing when you are locked into one store for that integration. There is also an iPod plugin, but I can't vouch for it because I'm not willing to buy that overpriced, overrated player.
But I simply find Winamp 5 to offer more powerful features and a more useful interface.Īs for the iTunes feature you mentioned.īTW, Winamp does have ripping/burning in the Pro version, but that does cost $15 and I can't vouch for it. If I owned a Mac, I'd probably be using it. Not to say iTunes sucks or anything, its a great player, and should satisfy most people. A bit more for "power-users" though, so I can see why some people may not like the interface. I have compared with the latest iTunes, and I find Winamp to be more feature-rich and flexible. Seriously, download Winamp and give it a try. iTunes' "Party Shuffle", gives you some of this functionality, though, but before they added that, there was nothing to match it. The Winamp playlist is much easier and more powerful than what iTunes has.