I recently switched to ubuntu as you might have seen in my previous post. I’ve invested in the whole apple ipod, itunes, and itunes music store thing, because I never had a problem with it. I always used iTunes and my iPod to play my music, and the drm restrictions weren’t that bad, but now with the switch to linux, I can’t play any of those 3 hundred some odd songs I have in the iTunes m4p, protected AAC format. I’m still on the hunt for a replacement for iTunes, but for now I run iTunes in an XP virtual machine, and now that VMWare supports USB 2.0, updating my iPod through it isn’t too bad. I’ve been doing some research, and I’ve found one method that may work to play protected iTunes files in VLC. But it’s VLC, doesn’t have anywhere near the functionality of iTunes. Somebody, find me a way, because I’m at a loss. Better yet. Apple: Give me iTunes on Linux. I’ve given you guys several thousand dollars in my time, including buying the first iMac ever, a couple months after its release, A brand new macbook, 2 weeks after its released (which I might add you guys dicked me over on, as it started nickel and dimeing on me after the warranty ran out because it was first rev) and another Macbook, because I like your OS and didn’t feel like messing with a hackintosh. Help me out here Apple, give me iTunes on linux. I will give you cake in return. Please.