Re: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

2006-11-27 Thread Mr O
Sandisk supposedly got in touch with the Rockbox folks. Not sure what happened or if they got some players to work with. I've heard the Sanda e2xx series runs in two modes so you can treat it as a USB drive. FWIW, of my 4000+ songs I think I have nearly 100 from the old Napster days. A little "rm

Re: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

2006-11-27 Thread ERock23175
I'm not familiar with the Sandisk players, so I have no basis for opinion for or against. At this point if I were in the market for an mp3 player, it would be one of those new clip-on ipods. Leave it to Apple to get one out the size of a broach, or lapel-pin. -E

Re: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

2006-11-27 Thread T. Joseph Carter
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 10:33:00AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: > > >http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/147048,CST-FIN-Andy23.article > > > > Ouch! What a great review, though. :) > > > > Can Linux run on those things? > > The review's author, Andy Ihnatko, is a long time Mac booster and >

Re: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

2006-11-27 Thread Brian Gallagher
Thanks Garl, That was hilarious! Some bonehead will still buy it. I am still in the market for a player. Its either an ipod or a sansa e2xx. I am going to wait till the price wars are in full swing. Brian Garl Grigsby wrote: http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/147048,CST-FIN-Andy

Re: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

2006-11-27 Thread Bob Miller
Rob Hudson wrote: > Garl Grigsby wrote: > >http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/147048,CST-FIN-Andy23.article > > Ouch! What a great review, though. :) > > Can Linux run on those things? The review's author, Andy Ihnatko, is a long time Mac booster and journalist. He had a monthly humo

RE: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

2006-11-27 Thread Jason LaPier
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Hudson > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:54 AM > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune > > Garl Grigsby wrote: > &

Re: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

2006-11-27 Thread M. Bitner
Some of the features, like the wifi, would be nice if they were implemented properly. Rockbox doesn't list the Toshiba Gigabeat as being compatible yet though, but it would be interesting to see what the hardware could do if the crippleware on it was replaced by Linux. On another note, I found th

Re: [Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

2006-11-27 Thread Rob Hudson
Garl Grigsby wrote: http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/147048,CST-FIN-Andy23.article Ouch! What a great review, though. :) Can Linux run on those things? -Rob ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo