Portable MP3 Player w/ Unix Support?

oobeleck asks: "With my birthday just around the corner and my 8 mile runs needing music, I am thinking of asking for a portable mp3 player. What is the Slashdot community's experience with MP3 portables. What has the most support, what should I stay away from. I have been eye-balling the Diamond Rio 600/800 model. Any opinions on the Rio? I want something that works good with Linux/OpenBSD. Thanks for your help." Ask Slashdot last ran such an article back in April of 2000, I'm sure bigger and better MP3 players have been made since then. Which of today's players would you all recommend?

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i've used the pjb-100

[ph0rk]

and various in-dash car units, and after comparing the two, i would recommend a handheld cd-mp3 player.

why? they new models are fast, light, and last upwards of 15 hours on batteries (my rio even spins down the CD while playing to save juice).

CDrs are cheap, and on the average outing 650-700MB of music will last you, even if its encoded at --alt-preset extreme!

Re:ipod?

[90XDoubleSide]

"They" have figured it out, assuming they is Tex9. http://www.tex9.com/software/xtunes.php