Stay with dual boot

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Been trying very hard to leave Windows behind for good but sadly there are a few simple things no Linux distro can do. Like manage playlists on an MP3 player, Android device, or Ipod. I spent nearly 5 hours a week ago battling my son's new Ipod classic and the only solution was to reload Windows and run Itunes. I tried a few distros and thought that Mint came the closest - at least it could see the Ipod. Messing with an Apple product is always tough but at least I can get it done with Windows. Windows with Winamp handles all these players with ease. The latest adventure was when I tried to connect my Samsung Galaxy Player to Mint this morning (as an MTP device) and Banshee went into a look and kept "adding" an instance of the device. I finally had to force close the program.

 

While I can do 95% of the things I need to do on a computer in Linux, the other 5% (including Turbotax) makes me keep Windows around. I may look at running Windows in a virtual machine at some point but it's just as easy to keep a dual boot system.

 

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