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Petite MP3 Player Boots PCs Into Linux

Posted by timothy on from the now-that's-a-good-idea dept.

An anonymous reader submits "A French company has created a teensy MP3 player that also boots PCs into Linux. The 1.7-inch diameter, half-ounce Medaillon (way smaller than an iPod) has been around for a while, but 128MB and 256MB models of the Z2 version are now supplied with Shinux, an embedded Linux distribution that includes lots of cool open source applications." The list of included apps, from AbiWord to Xchat, is pretty impressive for a device intended primarily as a music player.

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  1. Now I wasn't really interested in a rocket by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    though it was reusable, but this little gadget looks like something I need.

    Well, I don't actually need it, but it has a certain geek appeal. /me wants it, NOW!

  2. Re:But when? by geeksdave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They do, just load Eric Bolton into any portable music player and hit play. Colin clearing brown noise hilarity ensues.

  3. Re:Right to Bear Arms by Phillup · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are one of those guys that only has sex to procreate, aren't you?

    Hey... I know... how about this:

    The bill of rights is about *citizens* and *their* rights.

    And... so that *citizens* can remain in a free state... they can bear arms... to protect *themselves*

    The word "state" isn't meant to imply some political body... it is meant to imply a political "state of being"... as in... free.

    --

    --Phillip

    Can you say BIRTH TAX