portable music players

[Stephen Ryan]

On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 11:04 -0400, Thomas Charron wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Travis Roy <travis at scootz.net> wrote:
> > You could get an iPod and install RockBox on it.
> > http://www.rockbox.org/
> > I played with it a few years ago and was actually impressed. I thought
> > it was going to be a bit "hackish" but it wasn't.
> 
>   Warning on that.  The new iPods now have encrypted firmwares, and
> CANNOT run Linux anymore.  So if you want to try it out, make sure to
> check the model to ensure it's supported.
> 

There are other models from other companies that do work with a version
of Rockbox. Sandisk actually requested a port to the Sansa e200 series,
and donated player(s?) to the Rockbox team for it.  I'd report on how
well it works, but my Sansa e260 is currently a nice-looking
paperweight, thanks to the efforts of my cat (he dropped it in his water
bowl one night) :-(