[porkchop]

First off PhantomD winamp is a great program, very versatile and customizable. I really hope that you aren't scoffing at Winamp because "iTunes is so much better." This will be the end of my Winamp tirade, if you care to continue this conversation phantom PM me.

As far as Linux software, I absolutely love Amarok, but 2.0 is having troubles with ipods, so if you want a player to talk to your ipod you have to go to version 1.6. Also it runs KDE, something I also really like. If your Fedora core isn't KDE based you can install the stuff you need but it's over head and size that not all computer users want.

Another alternative is Rhythmbox. It is a little less powerful than Amarok but it will install on about any Linux distro and it plays quite nicely with ipods and other mobile devices. It also supports a play queue that is separate from the library your looking at which is a feature I quite like in Winamp.

As far as your hard drive, if it's not working with your linux install it is probably formatted NTFS. Making your linux distro speak NTFS is not terribly difficult, but is not something that distro's generally support out of the box. Look up something like "read NTFS hard drive Fedora 10" on Google or go to your favorite Fedora forum if you have one, and the process will be explained there as it changes slightly from distro to distro.