I have tried everything possible to get iTunes running on Ubuntu with no success. I finally gave up and the kids now have shiny new Mac Minis that run everything they need, including iTunes. Ubuntu is an absolute non-starter for anyone that wants to run iTunes. The whole Ubuntu experience for my kids wound up being an expensive, time consuming, experiment that failed. For me though, it's great. I am running an Ubuntu server, media center, laptop and desktop for myself and think they are all just great. Needless to say iTunes is not running on any of those platforms.