Linux-compatable MP3 players?

[Robert Brockway]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Walter Dnes wrote:

>  The weather is getting nicer, and I occasionally walk to and/or from
> work.  I do need the 40 minutes excercise each way, but it gets boring
> thinking to myself for 40 minutes.  An MP3 player would be a solution.
> I'm looking for the following characteristics...
>
>  - can play MP3 and hopefully OGG files

In my research last year I found a lot supported ogg vorbis.  Often it was 
advertised on the back of the packaging but not the front.

Useful link for hardware compatibility:

http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers

We took a printout of this list when we went to get ours :)

>  - can be managed from linux.  I don't care whether it's a USB port or
>    loading up a *STANDARD* memory card via my all-in-one card reader.

Unless a usb device is totally bizarre it should just appear as a mass 
storage device.

>    I obviously do not want something that requires me to run the
>    manufacturer's proprietary Windows-only control program

I bought an Ogg player just plugged it in and it in and mounted it.  I 
could have used the mtools :)

Rob

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