I also have a 6th gen that I need to recondition and install rockbox on. I'm
glad to hear that you have had success with that version of the iPod because
I was not 100% sure I'd get that one working with Rockbox.
I am very satisfied with Rockbox! I run it on an iPod Classic 6th Generation
160GB.
I successfully use an iPod Video 5th Gen (80Gb) with rockbox. It works really
well and holds all of my music.
Flash Rockbox on a Sandisk player.
yes, Libre software/firmware.
Thank you magic, I will look into this.
DRM-free? That's super common, literally any other portable media player that
isn't an iPod will fit the bill. But if you actually mean something powered
by libre software, that's much harder and the closest thing to that I can
think of is the OpenPandora (although it wouldn't surprise me if
Rockbox perhaps?
http://www.rockbox.org/
I recall in the past this being available somewhere, perhaps ThinkPenguin,
but I am unable to locate it. Any ideas? I remember it looking similar to
an iPod but was FOSS.
