[lug] iPod/mp3 players.

[Simos]

On Tuesday 29 November 2011 11:00 David L. Anselmi wrote:
> 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

Dave,

None of them have cameras but I really like Cowon/iAudio MP3 players (or "PMPs"):

http://www.cowonglobal.com/

They play Ogg & FLAC (why I got one originally) plus a ton of other audio/video/image
formats, have great sound quality, and the ones I've had work well on Linux.

This is a pretty good place for similar non-Apple products:

http://anythingbutipod.com/

Simos