Whale is a GNOME 2 application which provides a simple interface for creating playlists and storing songs on your Apple iPod. For example, you can add a song by simply dragging the file from Nautilus to the Whale window.
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The following features are working now: creating playlists, storing songs on the iPod, dragging files from Nautilus to the Whale window and thereby storing them on the iPod, and automatic update of the iTunesDB file when needed.