MP3 Player Recommendations

[neu5eeCh]

I won't be able to respond till this evening. I'm looking for a $100 or *less* MP3 player for podcasts at the job site. RadioShack sells Gigaware and Sandisk. I don't know anything about either of these and don't know if they're Linux compatible (though I assume they are). Just wondering if anyone owns a player they particularly like and can recommend. Thanks.

[SunnyRabbiera]

Sandisk, because of its known compatibility with linux.

[neu5eeCh]

Sandisk, because of its known compatibility with linux.

Thanks Sunny. I'm not quite off to work yet, so thanks.

[SunnyRabbiera]

If you look around the forums you will see loads of reports about sandisk and ubuntu, most signs point positive.

[theraje]

I have a Sandisk MP3 player I bought a few years ago, but don't remember the model number or anything (except that it is a Sansa, and is an 8GB flash-memory model with MicroSD expansion slot). But I did read a while back that you could actually install some sort of Linux variant on there. I'm fuzzy on the details, and I could be completely wrong.

Of course, if you mean whether you can load songs and such from Linux to it... then yeah, it works just like a removable drive (at least, my model does).

[mamamia88]

i like my fuze but i've had it replaced twice so i don't know if i would reccomend it. but it is below $100 for 8gb and podcasts work great with help of easytag.