Most people use Windows as their main downloading system just as a matter of convenience and availability of download tools.  The pain comes in sharing these files with your Ubuntu system.  This is when symbolic links really in a dual boot system.

This guide shows you how to map your /home/Music folder in Ubuntu, to your Windows iTunes folder. Doing this means only one folder needs to be maintained and any music program you installed on Ubuntu will load your Windows music library.

The same technique can be used for other folders to accomplish the same thing.

You first need to mount your Windows partition mounted. Next open up terminal and type the following;

cd /home

rm -r Music

ln -s /media/WINDOWSDRIVENAME/Users/USERNAME/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Music/ Music

From this point forward, an application that uses your /home/Music folder, the application will be using your Windows iTunes music folder.

Tags | Linux, Microsoft, Ubuntu, Windows Vista, Windows XP