[olug] $10 / 2GB MP3 player for Linux

[Eric P]

> Vorbis has a much wider market scope than portable music players, too. I do
> have an iPod Nano (it was free), but I rarely use it, so I really don't care
> what formats it can play that much. Most of my music is played at home, with
> Amarok.
>

Again, what about Vorbis support in DVD players, car CD players, cell
phones, etc.?  It's great that some games may use Vorbis in its
backend, but the consumer device support is relegated only to a number
of portable music devices.  Remember, I started this thread announcing
a $10 MP3 player; is there anything even close in that price range for
a Vorbis player?  Granted it was pretty obvious the $10 deal was a
loss-leader to OfficeDepot since they (not the vendor) offered the
rebate; the device is more like $40-50 retail.

> Anyhow, probably my main rebuttal to your argument is this: To ensure proper
> Linux support, we need to research the hardware before buying it. Why is it
> so difficult to research and buy only open portable music players too?

I haven't had problems with Linux support for years.  I do
research/return hardware that doesn't work w/Linux.  Ogg Vorbis is
another drama all together.

Eric