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I have a Kenwood Music keg that I bought on eBay a couple of years ago. I paid $300 for it, a good deal considering they went for nearly twice that brand new in Crutchfields catalog. 10 gb of space with a mix of mp3, ogg, & flac. Vince at Phatnoise wrote a bunch of bash scripts that will copy files over to the Phatbox and do the signatures on the playlists. On my main Ubuntu machine, updating my PB goes like this:

1)Rip a cd, use XMMS to make a playlist and keep it in the temp directory.
2)Use the pls2phat script to convert the playlist to a PB playlist, this will also copy over the files to the cartridge (of course it has to be mounted prior to starting this).
3)Run vrfydisc to see that the files are all in their proper places
4)Run a script I wrote to call the signature binary that crytographically signs each playlist on the cartridge so that the machine will recongnize it and play it.

I keep a text file with the name of the album/playlist and its number, so I can keep track of things. This is by no means a pretty or remotely user friendly system, but it has served me well and helped me understand bash scripting when I was learning it.

Linux scripts here.

how about a phatbox harddrive-based player for your car? there is probably one that is compatible with your truck's existing headunit (so you don't need to buy a new one), and you can have 20-60 gigs of music, instead of shuffling cd's. and yes it does support ogg.

this product is sold directly at audi and vw dealers so you can bet it's a pretty solid product. it's also the same as the kenwood music keg, but works with non-kenwood stereos.

i have one and i love it. i can't imagine having to deal with switching cd's to find my music ever again.

• Neuros Digital Audio Computer
• Rio Karma 20 (Picture)
• PhatNoise's PhatBox, Kenwood's Music Keg (Powered by PhatNoise) These are in-car players that are installed into the trunk of your car and hooked up to your car stereo. Both players run ARM-Linux and support playback of FLAC files. Beta firmware to support Ogg Vorbis is available at http://phatbox.sixpak.org/phatbox/ogg.phtml.
• KISS Technology's DP-450 and DP-500 DVD Players
• MPST Digital Jukebox
• Freemax FW-960
• iRiver iHP-120, iHP-100, iGP-100, possibly others
• Umax/Yamada have a few standalone DVD players that support Vorbis.
• Neuston provides a standalone DVD player (model DVX-1201) that supports Vorbis.
• Samsung The MCD-CM600 is now available in Korea. It is a CD portable that can play Vorbis, MP3, and WMA. Page with photo of MCD-CM600. Closeup of MCD-CM600.

But does it support OGG?

yes.

http://phatbox.sixpak.org/phatbox/ogg.phtml

and flac, too.

how about a phatbox car mp3 player. it plugs into your stock stereo and emulates a cd changer with voice feedback. linux software is here. up to 60 gigs.

or a kenwood music keg.

or a vw/audi phatbox.

can you tell i love this product? works with the audio controls on my steering wheel. no need to look down at an ipod screen while speeding.

unofficial ogg for the ipod is found here

oops, what a typo. that should be:
unofficial ogg for the phatbox is found here

this ipod thing seems a little silly, given that they are selling phatboxes as dealer installed options on vw's and audis. (and yes, it runs linux and plays ogg vorbis)

unofficial ogg for the ipod is found here

While the PhatBox doesn't support Ogg Vorbis and Linux (and Mac OS X) officially, there are tools available for all three! Take a look at http://phatbox.sixpak.org/phatbox/.

sooner than you think.

the phatbox and kenwood music keg already support ogg.

volkswagen and audi sell these as dealer installed options. and they are compatible with a wide range of car stereos.

here's how to play ogg files on it!

a) Saying "inertia slows acceleration" doesn't exactly demonstrate good knowledge of physics. Inertia is no force, and thus it cannot "slow acceleration" in any way. It's just how stuff works when force translates to acceleration and not speed.

b) According to Emmett (CEO of Xiph.org), the Xiph.org team is working with Frontier Labs to investigate the possibility of Vorbis playback on the NEX II and NEX IIe series of portable players. In addition, PhatNoise has already released alpha firmware for Vorbis playback in the PhatBox and Kenwood Music Keg for in-car Vorbis listening. (Yes, the nexII thing is official. I'm quoting him directly here ;-) ) In other words, there is acceleration.

/* Steinar */

A flac player already exists, and your link (if you had followed it yourself) says so at the top.

...which is being billed as the first portable Ogg Vorbis player.

I use a Palm to control my Phatbox since I don't have a compatible head unit. The whole system works really well. boxster.sixpak.org/mp3/

I set up a similar system using my Palm V to control a PhatBox (arm/Linux computer) in my trunk.
http://boxster.sixpak.org/mp3/