mp3 players

[Jeremy Baker]

On September 18, 2007 02:03:13 am Matt Price wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 21:09 -0400, Jeremy Baker 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.
>
> ipods actually work great with linux; i use amarok with no issues, as do
> many others.  and you can install rockbox as well if you want (so,
> rewrite the os by flashing the firmware); i don't use it (the ipod
> belongs to MY partner, and she doesn't want any hacking around with it),
> but i understand it's pretty flawless.
>
> matt

Thanks for the info.  We ended up getting one of the little ipod shuffle 
devices.  Copying mp3 files onto it with amarok seems pretty straight 
forward.

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