[Novalug] Portable Media Player

[greg pryzby]

Missed the first post, but that is not true.

http://www.osnews.com/story/18948/The_Linux-based_Archos_604

I have a friend that has a 60x (don't recall, but maybe a year old) that 
is Linux and works like a champ. No Windows in his house.

Moe wrote:
> So find it on eBay, and give your parents the reference ...
>
> Moe
> ------
> Adam Portier wrote:
>   
>> Thanks for the suggestion, but I already looked into that. Archos
>> made a shift a few years ago and discontinued their more "primitive"
>> players in favor of stuff that integrates with Windows Media Player.
>> Its built for WMA now. I could order an older model off eBay or
>> something, but one issue with that. I'm doing this now because my
>> parents want to get me something for my birthday. I would prefer
>> something current so they could just order it online or pick it up
>> in a store.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:27 AM, greg pryzby <greg at pryzby.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>      Archos (?) fits that order irc
>>
>>      On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Adam Portier
>>      <ajportier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>           Hey, I have been going to these meetings for a
>>           while and finally I have a question worthy of
>>           the mailing list. I need to replace my portable
>>           media player, an I am finding it hard to locate
>>           one with the features I need. I had been using
>>           (up until I lost it) a gen 2 iPod running
>>           Rockbox. I do most of my non-gaming related
>>           computing in Linux, so most of my files are
>>           there and I have several albums ripped to OGG.
>>           What I am looking for is a portable media player
>>           that can play both MP3 and OGG files, lets me
>>           administer the file system without the need of
>>           some proprietary software like iTunes, and I can
>>           patch the firmware without having to drop into
>>           Windows. A tall order, I know, but I am sure it
>>           has to exist. I could just order another used
>>           iPod and hack its firmware, but I would like to
>>           see if there is something out there that does
>>           this out of the box. Thanks in advance.
>>
>>           Adam
>>
>>      --
>>      greg pryzby
>>