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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. 256 MB? by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Damn, that IS way smaller than an iPod.

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  2. Yes, but... by troon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...can you run Linux on it?!

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  3. Re:Way smaller? by sokoban · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Having used both, I cannot agree with you really. Yes, the m3 does do a lot of cool stuff, but in the end it did not offer me as intuitive an experience as the iPod. I thought that little clippy-screen thing was about the most annoying display ever. It really makes no sense. Though the iPod is slightly bigger, the m3 takes up more pocket space and is more cumbersome. Also, I thought the lack of good SW integration was a problem. iPod and iTunes just work together, and do so quite well. The file/folder arrangement on the m3 is kind of wierd when you are organizing music. Oh well, I guess the m3 is good if that is what you want out of a music player, but I think the iPod works better for me, and for most other people.

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