will hill wrote: >On 2003.12.21 16:55 Cleve Allison wrote: > > >>Come on guys.......I can't believe that I can't get a reply from THIS >>group when asking for an opinion!!!! ;> >>Haha, I've changed my specs anyway......and made thing easier on myself >>in the process. >>Now I'm looking for a mp3/ogg player that has a usb flash drive as its >>foundation......as long as I'm using a distro with a relatively recent >>kernel then the support will be built in. >>So now its just a matter of finding one that is physically designed for >>workingout/jogging. >>Again, I'm all ears.......and for those of you that have seen my big >>freaking ears, I've heard all the one-liners....believe me!!!! Oh hell, >>its the holidays so feel free! >>Cleve >> >> >> >> > >Ditto John's reply. Zaurus rocks. You can get wireless and ethernet for it >in CF packages that work. Other than that, all I know is what I've read on >Slashdot. > >I hate USB. Other people have made it work, but I get no joy from it ever. >Next time we do an install fest, I'm bringing USB toys that I can't work: an >old camera and a visor cradle. The USB kernel stuff works great but it does >not know what device to throw at it so the thing remains unclaimed. > >Good luck and let us know what you find. > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > Will do.......I think I've got that SL-6000 in my near future......I'll update you, hopefully, by the end of January. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20031222/77929a6c/attachment.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 22 07:22:06 2003 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hebert) Date: Mon Dec 22 07:22:09 2003 Subject: [brlug-general] Linux friendly small mp3 player for working out In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cleve Allison wrote: > Just seeing if I could get an inside scoop from the group. > Now that you mention it......I am also reading up on the Sharp Zaurus > SL-6000. > Still trying to find out if it will provide me with an interface so that > I can jack into router/switch console ports, etc. The SL5500 does serial, RJ24/UTP, RJ11/modem, 802.11b. There might be more interfaces, depends on if somebody makes a CF card for it. > Are you happy with your model? I'm happy with it, though input is still not as quick as a full-keyboard (the curse of all PDAs). But the other benefits far outweigh that of other PDAs, like it being a full Linux computer. How many PDAs do you know that you can write bash scripts for? What about running sshd, httpd, mysql, etc? I'm very impressed with it. > I bet Return of the King was the best of > the three, huh? It was pretty damn good. Bring earplugs for the screams of the Nazgul. -- John Hebert System Engineer I T Group, Inc. 225-922-4535
