[SWLUG] linux mp3 players advice please

[Steve Anderson]

Neil Jones wrote:

> Are there any issues that I should be aware of when using one with Linux?
> Is it rather like digital cameras where they will work anyway?
> Or are there other problems?

 From what I've heard, avoid the Sony ones. Unlike virtually every other 
device, they don't appear as mass-storage devices to the PC, and require 
some nasty Windows app to do the business. My colleague's a Sonyphile - 
everything he has is Sony branded - and he hates it.

Steve