I have a Sandisk player myself (Sansa e260) that I've been using with my Linux box for a year with good results. I don't know much about Napster or Kazaa Gold, though I thought that Napster's big selling point was unlimited "tethered" downloads, which require DRM and won't work on Linux. I've used eMusic before and been pretty happy. It's cheap, there's no DRM, when I used it they had a Linux download client (for grabbing the whole album+cover art), and you just get good old fashion mp3s.
I will say that I wasn't always 100% thrilled with the quality of the mp3s, though most were fine. For all I know you run into that with any service. The other issue is that the big labels don't work with eMusic, because they're cheap and don't use DRM, presumably, so it's probably not so great if what you're into is the current top 20 and such. It was just fine for me for downloading punk, ska, alternative, some classical and jazz, etc. Some other avenues to consider that are good for Linux folks are CDBaby, Magnatune, and buying non-DRM mp3s from Amazon. Hope that helps, Nick Gary Whitten wrote: > I just got an MP3 player (Sandisk) and want to start subscribing > to an MP3 download service. > > Does anyone have recommendations for a service that > - is Linux friendly for downloading to the MP3 player > - has a only a flat monthly fee and does NOT charge per song > > What do people think of Kazaa Gold and Napster? > > Thanks, > Gary Whitten > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
