[Novalug] Best Linux Gadget / PDA / Music player

Ken Kauffman kkauffman at headfog.com
Wed Jan 23 12:16:02 EST 2008


Cowon (iAudio) makes products that work very well.  Well designed and
support open source codecs like OGG and FLAC.

Ken

On Jan 23, 2008 11:30 AM, Doug Toppin <dougtoppin at gmail.com> wrote:

> (sending again now that i actually finished the email):
>
> i have to agree with greg.  i bought an iPod classic (160gb disk) just
> before a vacation late last year.  there isn't a single consumer
> electronics appliance that i've ever been more satisfied  with.
> they've done an outstanding job with seamless integration.  i have all
> of my CDs on it, numerous talk radio and aviation-related podcasts
> (all free),  several tunes and ablums that i've bought via itunes
> (likely will not ever buy an actual CD again), and a couple of short
> films.  while i try to use linux wherever i can this area is too well
> done to be parochial about.  i've hacked around with a few things
> in the past re running linux on them and using linux to rip/transcode
> and it took just too much time.  this is one of those things that i
> just want to work (an appliance aspect).
>
> doug
>
> > On Jan 23, 2008 11:02 AM, greg pryzby <greg at pryzby.org> wrote:
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> > > I love the iTOuch because it works.
> > >
> > > Archos is what you probably want to hack and have fun with.
> > >
> > > varokan wrote:
> > > > ... so I bought my wife the iPod Touch for her birthday and had to
> > > > compare the features against my beloved Zaurus.
> > > >
> > > > The Zaurus ( SL 5500 ) has been with me for over four years and has
> been
> > > > available since 2002. I found that by now gadgets have caught up
> with
> > > > those cool things that I have been accustomed to for so long now.
> > > >
> > > > And while the iPod Touch has a lot going for it there are some major
> > > > flaws like vendor-lock-in, no bluetooth, no camera, small memory, no
> SD
> > > > card support etc that I do not want to live without.
> > > >
> > > > Now the question :
> > > > What is the best Gadget around that can run Linux ( as primary OS or
> has
> > > > the ability to install Linux on it ) that is out there ?
> > > > What are the specs and why do you like/love it ?
> > >
> > > - --
> > > greg pryzby                              greg at pryzby dot org
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