[ale] Linux portable mp3

[Kevin Krumwiede]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:39:14 -0800 (PST)
Stephen Turner <artic_knight at yahoo.com> wrote:

> hey the linux ipod is cool but is there anything else like it? ive been

I always recommend SonicBlue's Rio line.  About the only thing they have in common with the ipod is that they play music, but there's a project called rioutil that supports many of them in Linux.  They only play MP3 and WMA, though, unless the side project to develop open-source firmware has had a breakthrough.  The solid-state players (S-series, etc.) are small, light, completely shock-proof, have upgradeable memory, and their battery life is incredible: my S10 gets 25-30 hours from a single AA cell!

Krum