[ale] ipods under linux

[Matt Gilbert]

Has anyone tried the DIY approach?:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/16/daisy-mp3-player-kit-a-diy-dap-for-120/

Probably much easier to service than any iPod, with the astronomical bonus
of being breadboard compatible and generally hack-friendly. Got my eyes on
this as soon as I can afford it.

Matt


On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>wrote:

> Jim Philips wrote:
> > On 07/25/2009 11:04 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> >> George Carless wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> No flames from this end. I've been watching the same events thinking
> >>>>> tha Apple has been just egregious in pursuing product lock-in. And
> >>>>> Palm has become my new hero by taking them on. Think back to the
> >>>>> time of records. Imagine if Columbia Records had produced vinyl
> >>>>> records that could only be played on record players produced by
> >>>>> Columbia. Do you think the people or the courts would have tolerated
> >>>>> it? I simply will not buy any more Apple products, no matter what
> >>>>> the "coolness" factor might be. And this applies especially to songs
> >>>>> on iTunes. The alternative is out there and it's DRM-free music from
> >>>>> Amazon.
> >>>>>
> >>> Apple's been shifting away from DRM for a good long while, now, and at
> >>> this point everything on the iTunes store is DRM-free.  Yes, it's AAC
> >>> and not MP3, but no DRM.  In fact, I would be quite surprised if it
> >>> didn't turn out that it'd been thanks to Apple's efforts with the
> labels
> >>> etc. that had led to the likes of Amazon being able to offer music DRM
> >>> free.
> >>>
> >> And as I noted earlier, you can burn a cd of any of your iTunes music,
> >> drop that on your Linux box, convert to drm-free mp3s.
> >>
> >>
> > All of this just reinforces that fact that Apple forces you to jump
> > through hoops to play music you purchased from them if you don't play it
> > on their devices. The fact that you know how to jump through the hoops
> > doesn't make it an acceptable situation. It was this kind of chicanery
> > that brought me to Linux in the first place. I want devices and file
> > formats that don't treat me like a child.
>
> They could make it a whole lot harder by not permitting you to create
> the cds to start with.  I think it's a lot fewer hoops then trying to
> play other music formats on Linux.
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
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