Re: iTunes & Linux (Debian)

On 12/27/06, David Pastern <david@dia.net.au> wrote:

I've heard VERY good things about the iAudio MP3 players.  Since I work
from home these days, I'm no longer in the market for one, but I was
seriously looking at buying one.  My iPod Mini died in the ass after
around 9 months of usage and I was NOT prepared to accept Apple's
illegal warranty agreement.  Sadly, being the lazy bastard that I am, I
didn't take it up with the NSW Department of Fair Trading and ACCC...I
really should have, since they blatantly ignore parts of the Trade
Practices Act and break the law...

Sadly, as I've learnt in this life, if you're rich, famous or just a big
company, governments and lawyers will ignore you illegal doings.

Dave

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter.
--Martin Luther King Jr.

-----Original Message-----
From: dbarker@turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca
[mailto:dbarker@turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca]
Sent: Thursday, 28 December 2006 6:40 AM
To: Deb Laptop
Subject: Re: iTunes & Linux (Debian)

Thus spake Paul Johnson ( baloo@ursine.ca):

> http://wiki.ursine.ca/Top_posting
>
> David Pastern wrote:
>
> > With the risk of sounding rude, that's what you get for using a
> > proprietary system.  Do NOT support Apple, and their usage of DRM
> > protected, user screwed systems that are iTunes etc.
>
> I second that.  You're better off with a Palm Tungsten running
Aeroplayer
> for about the same price as an iPod.  Just put Vorbis on a SDIO card,
put
> SDIO card in Palm, run Aeroplayer and you're gold.  Aeroplayer will
also
> play MP3s, but you have to pay for the MP3 plugin for the same reasons
> Debian refuses to distribute MP3 encoders.

Alternately, Cowan make the iAudio players which will happily play
WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC.

And is apparently (not that I've heard others) one of the
best-sounding players on the market. I'm more than happy with mine,
despite the slightly clunky remote.
--
|Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be
understood|
|Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to.
|
|email: dbarker@camosun.bc.ca         |
|
|phone: +1 250 370 4452               |         Hermann Scherchen.
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