[lug] iPod/mp3 players.

[anorak at comcast.net]

If you're mainly concerned with music & don't absolutely require the large screen, a Sansa Fuze + RockBox is hard to beat. It (& any micro-SD card you have loaded in the Fuze) should be seen as USB drives by your PC. If you add a decent pair of ear-buds, you can have a fine potable music system for a very reasonable cost.

----- Original Message -----
From: David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us>
To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:00:32 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [lug] iPod/mp3 players.

Can anyone recommend something similar to an iPod that is more Linux friendly or less proprietary? 
I guess I mean something that includes a full size screen (like the iPod Touch) with a camera.  I 
don't know whether I care about movie playback and such.

Besides the premium you pay to have an *Apple* product I saw an older iPod recently that wouldn't 
give up its pictures without heroic measures.  Uggh.  So I'd like something high quality, durable, 
that can be managed without iTunes-like service and with standard Linux tools.

Bonus if it can play Ogg. :-)

Thanks!
Dave
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