On Thu, Oct 26, at 09:30:56PM, Vik Olliver wrote: > Small, light, 3GB+, must work with Linux. > Current candidates: iPod Nano 2nd gen, 4GB......
The linux app "gtkpod" can sync the itunes database on ipods but you should avoid iTunes as it is a "lock in" subscribe to licencing product by Apple that is quite restrictive. Flash memory players are mounted as a scsi device in 2.4 kernels and I think hard drive players use this method over the usb connection as well. Clug postings in August advised that iRiver and iAudio support ogg vorbis "Portable mp3 player" thread. http://lists.ethernal.org/oldarchives/cantlug-0608/msg01061.html list of ogg vorbis players. http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers I bought a no name brand with 15" lcd, 1 gig flash mem and fm transmitter for $100 from trademe that works fine using Konqueror to drag mp3's over. A lot of people fork out $350+ for an ipod in the belief that ipods are a "quality" product made in the USA. Not so , apple ipods are built in Shanghai in similar conditions to the many other plants in China making more than 800 models of mp3 players for export. <OT Apples transnational practice> For info on Foxconn which makes Apple ipods, laptops and desktops. http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060623_1.htm </OT> -- keith.
