mp3 players

[Christopher Browne]

On 9/17/07, Jeremy Baker <jab-76OBl6+JcyzDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I am currently in the market for an mp3 player for my wife.  she uses a linux
> laptop, so I need it to work with linux.  Does anyone on the list have any
> suggestions?  It looks like the ipod is already struck off the list due to
> its dependency on itunes.

Take a look at <http://www.rockbox.org/>; they have built what seems
to be a "Linux for audio devices" distribution that runs on a number
of music players (Archos, Apple, iRiver, SanDisk, Cowon, Toshiba), and
which tends to have a lot more capabilities than any vendor builds
into their software.
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