Verdict: Partly
Partly. The iTunes program is Windows and Mac only, but Apple Music runs fully in a browser on Linux, so your subscription, library and playlists all still work. Syncing an iPhone does not.
Apple offers iTunes downloads for Windows and for older Macs, and says nothing about Linux. On newer Macs iTunes has already been split into separate Music, TV, Podcasts and Books apps, so the program itself is being retired anyway.
The part most people actually want does work. The Apple Music web player at music.apple.com opens in Firefox or Chrome on Linux, signs in with your Apple Account, and gives you your library, playlists, radio stations and downloads-for-streaming. You can pin it to your taskbar so it opens like an app. Apple TV content also plays in a browser.
Two things do not work. Backing up and syncing an iPhone or iPad over a cable is an iTunes and Finder job with no Linux equivalent, so keep a Windows or Mac machine for that or move to iCloud backups over wifi. Second, music files you bought from the iTunes Store years ago and never redownloaded live in your iTunes Media folder on the old computer, so copy that folder across before you wipe Windows.
Once copied, those files play fine. Anything bought since 2009 has no copy protection on it. Strawberry and Rhythmbox both read the folder structure, though neither imports your iTunes playlists automatically, so export the playlists you care about while you still can.
A music player built for people with their own collection of files. Handles big libraries and album art well.
Your files: Plays your copied iTunes music files, including .m4a purchases. Does not read the iTunes library database or playlists.
Simpler and already installed on many Linux systems. Good for playing an existing collection without fuss.
Your files: Reads a copied music folder. Playlists need exporting and re-importing.
If you only used iTunes for streaming, Spotify has a proper Linux app, which Apple Music does not.
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