[Tfug] MP3 players and Linux

[Brian Dunnette]

I've had a Neuros (http://www.neurosaudio.com) for a while, and it's 
pretty well supported under Linux -- mounts with usb-storage & plays 
oggs well, and there are at least two Linux programs to manage its 
database (Positron -- http://xiph.org/positron/, and NeurosDBM -- 
http://neurosdbm.sourceforge.net/), plus the manufacturer explicitly 
supports Linux & releases new features via free firmware updates pretty 
frequently... needless to say, I like mine.

Hope this helps.

-Brian D.


Sam Hart wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>I'm broke so I'm not asking for myself, but a friend of mine (Jacob Greig, 
>used to be on TFUG before he got a great job and moved away, so I'm sure 
>some of you know him) was asking about what MP3 players work well under 
>Linux. I didn't know, so I thought I'd ask here.
>
>What he wants is:
>	* MP3 Player with reasonable size storage (pref. hard drive ala
>	iPod or that Gateway one)
>	* Acts as a USB/Firewire mounted drive under Linux (so he can
>	drop MP3 files in there, or anything else he may want to
>	back up)
>	* Plays music reasonably well (I've heard rumblings about the
>	recent offerings from Dell that don't sound too good)
>	* OGG support would also be a big plus.
>
>So, anyone here know anything about it?
>
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