Which portable mp3 player to use?

[Jim]

der.hans wrote:
> Am 07. Sep, 2006 schwätzte Jim so:
> 
>> Recently in the mp3 player thread some mention has been made of ogg 
>> files. Does anyone know if any of the flash mp3 players will also play 
>> ogg files? If so which ones?
> 
> 
> http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware
> 
> Wow, looks like lots of them do.
> 
> I have a Neuros. It's good, but a little outdated at this point. Neuros is
> fully into Free Software, including releasing their code and specs for
> their hardware. They haven't released everything, but more than most and
> they really do seem to be trying to go full Free and Open.
> 
> http://www.neurosaudio.com/
> 
> See also Werner's list of stuff:
> 
> http://tuxmobil.org/portable_players.html
> 
>> Oh, to keep this on topic, is there anything about them that would 
>> make it difficult to use them on a linux box?
> 
> 
> If they can just be portable storage and understand normal playlists you
> should be fine. Hopefully the Xiph site has enough info.
> 
> I think I'm gonna have to consider getting a new media player.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans

It looks like there are a lot to choose from.  Thanks