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[News] New Project Strives to Produce $5 Linux-based Media Players

  • Subject: [News] New Project Strives to Produce $5 Linux-based Media Players
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:02:09 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
"$5 iPod" follows in $100 laptop tradition

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| A Seattle-based nonprofit organization called Literacy Bridge hopes to create 
| a low-cost audio player for the developing world. The $5 "Talking Book" is an 
| iPod-sized flash-based mp3 player that juices up on health, educational, and 
| other audio programming at Linux-based content distribution kiosks.   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6250449424.html


Related:

iTop

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| Now I call it a laptop, and it technically is.  It is able to run a 
| full OS (Linux).  And has full UIs.
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http://web.mac.com/owenmcgarry/iWeb/Downloads/Downloads/10E5A5E6-7AE6-4BFD-B454-11CBC427A9A1.html
http://tinyurl.com/yw3bh2


iPod on the Outside, Linux on the Inside

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| iPod Linux runs on first, second and third generation devices. Versions for 
| additional players are still under development, according to its developers. 
| A functional installation routine is currently only available for Mac 
| computers. Installing iPod Linux does not mean going without the familiar 
| Apple firmware.    
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60037.html


Liberating iPods in Cambridge

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| During the event, dubbed iRony, users were walked through the
| process of installing flexible and featureful free/open source
| software firmware -- without DRM -- onto their digital audio players.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Organizers set up laptops running Ubuntu GNU/Linux, Mac OS X,
| and Windows XP at the center of the room. iPod users brought
| their players to experienced users, who would determine the
| generation of the iPod and the current partition format, and
| inquire about the user's needs. Together they would decide on
| a firmware (RockBox, iPodLinux, or both) and walk through the
| process of installation. Meanwhile, others looked on to watch
| the process and learn how it was done. RockBox was installed
| on the majority of the iPods with great success.
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http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/31/2146245&from=rss


5.5g iPods can now run Linux

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| The Linux on iPod developer blog says the 5.5g iPods can now run Linux
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http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/55g_ipods_can_now_run_lin.html

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