Beware the newer iPods, apparently there's some kind of key that need in
order to play music use which can only be generated by iTunes [1].
I'm not too sure how effective an attempt to circumvent this would be,
but worth looking into I guess!
Perhaps further unrelated, my iPod shuffle (second gen) works perfectly
on Ubuntu Gutsy, just plug and play with Rhythmbox!
[1]
http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1687.html
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