On Thu, 04 Dec 2003, Johnny Fulcrum wrote: > Oh man - I took a look - they are offering the 128Mb unit and the 20 gig > HD backpack for $229... !! > Jokingly I mentioned it to Mrs. Fulcrum and much to my suprise she says - > you should buy it... a reward for the total bathroom remodel I just > finished (as if installing your own whirlpool tub isn't rewarding enuff!) > > So I took a look and started browsing the Neuros fourms - looks like ogg > support is good and there's a 3rd party open source sync option build with > Java. seems to work well from the reports. > > What have you found out? I'm interested too! > > On another note - what does everyone use under linux to rip/encode your cd > library - I'm going ogg, and see that grip will rip and ogg stuff.... > other options? I like auto look up for names artist etc.. tags are good > too! > I decided to go with the iRiver iFP-390T w/ 256Megs. They have it at BestBuy for $199 and I have a 10% off coupon. The Neuros was a little too big for my needs. (running, biking, etc.) iRiver is suppose to be releasing a firmware update that will enable it to play Ogg and also act as a storage device which will enable it to be used with Linux. Currently it requires the iRiver software to load songs. Here is the iRiver website with the Ogg news. Beware of the 100 series as they won't support Ogg. http://www.iriver.com/company/news_view.asp?idx=355 -- Clay _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list