T. Joseph CARTER, le Thu 27 Apr 2006 20:59:58 -0700, a écrit : > I'm considering getting myself a BookPort. Generally, my understanding is > that under Linux, a BookPort would show up as a basic USB Mass Storage > device similarly to the way the iPod works, but special software under > Windows does extra stuff like synchronizing files, indexing mp3s, and > whatnot. And linux has such tools for any device, even remotely mounted nfs/smb/ftp/whatever shares. synchronizing files: rsync or unison. indexing mp3s: I don't know any existing software, but this should be relatively easy to develop (a friend of mine considered this at some time). > If I get one of these things, I will probably want a set of > tools for manipulating the content of the BookPort to whatever degree bash > isn't suitablein a UNIX-based OS, either Linux or MacOS X, probably both. Bash alone, indeed. But bash with the abovementioned additional tools, yes. > I'm guessing RFB&D and Audible.com are right out, for the time being. As I don't know what these are, I can't say. > Everything else (Word document, RTF, mp3, unencrypted DAISY, etc) > should probably work fine--or does it? Word, RTF and mp3 are no issue. There is a Daisy reader, I don't know whether it is finished. Regards, Samuel _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list