On 10/11/06, Brad Fuller <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > Hello. What would be an economical and Linux-friendly portable > music player?
IMHO: I may sound too mainstreamish and pro-drm (but I am not), but i will suggest ..... ipod. I do not know, may be it is so popular in your country, that it is a nasty taste already. But for me it has perfect design, very usable interface and greatly works with linux. It is seen as usb-disk, but you have to use gtkpod to upload songs, as it uses database to navigate through music. It may sound as a deficiency, but is a plus actually - you can select songs by a variety of rules. As for DRM-issue, AFAIK, Apple created ITMS for a sole reason of convincing music industry, that mp3 players are ok. I think they make much more money on players, than on songs. Yes, it can't record - but it's a Player and it plays good. Yes, it has no ogg support - it supports AAC which is standard and free (or I am wrong?) I'm not praising Apple, but I think that as a Player-only device ipod is nearly perfect (missing ogg and flac). Regards, Dmitry. P.S. I do not own ipod :) My girlfriend has one.
