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The new music download store from Amazon.com called Amazon MP3 which has variable pricing with songs sold as low as 89 cents (they are undercutting iTunes standard 99 cent pricing on everything from DRMed to DRM free downloads) so all music purchased from their download site will work with Windows Media Player and iTunes -- it can be transferred to iPods or other mp3 players of the consumer's choice. Only problem is that after these DRM free files appear on the user's computer it requires a proprietary piece of software called the Amazon MP3 Download Manager. To date they have released versions of its downloader for both Windows and Macintosh systems but there is no Linux version yet although there FAQ states that the Linux version is in development. Only other problem for the most part is the entire store is a website you go to in your browser. For iTunes users iTunes makes it convenient to shop for digital music or video files through your media player software and once you opt to make a purchase etc and download a file it automatically downloads and gets imported or added to your iTunes Library automatically. Amazon MP3 works a bit different you have to download and then move it over to your media player. I hope Apple will notice Linux soon though and make not only iTunes Linux compatible but also offer Linux compatibility for iPods, iPhones and Apple TVs. It would be ideal even if their Safari web browser which now also works on Windows and has a mobile version for iPod Touch and iPhone could also be ported to Linux. They'll still stick to having some software OS X only but whatever software they make available to Windows users should also be available to Linux users.