Already, iPods weren't simple to use in Linux, because Apple prefers people use iTunes to access the media players and doesn't supply a Linux version of the software. The newest iPods, though, didn't work at all, according to the iPod-minus-iTunes blog. The database that the iPod uses to keep track of songs, videos, album art and other data was encrypted in the new models, the programmers said. That means Linux music-management software such as Amarok or Rhythmbox wouldn't work.

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