More Linux Portable Media Players On The Way

Posted by timothy on Monday January 3, 2005 @11:05AM from the promises-promises dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to LinuxDevices.com, Taiwanese motherboard maker FIC will unveil a Linux-based portable media player (PMP) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. FIC's 'Vassili' includes a 3.6-inch color LCD screen and a 20GB hard drive, and supports files in MPEG 1-4, MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF, AVI, and JPEG format. Speaking of Linux-based PMPs, Archos will also showcase its lastest PMP, the Pocket Media Assistant PMA400 at CES, and other Linux-based PMPs have recently been announced by iRiver, Veritouch, and Zupera."

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So they run Linux ... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-01-03 11:15 · Score: 5, Funny

... Who the FUCK cares?

Girl: "Hey, that's a cool MP3 player!"
Luser: "It's not JUST an MP3 player! It runs Linux with a 2.4 kernel, and I even have a copy of GCC installed so that I can compile stuff on it!"
Girl: "Uhh, okay ... *goes off to flirt with some other dude with an iPod*"
1. Re:So they run Linux ... by MikeMacK · 2005-01-03 11:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  2.4! Dude, come on, of course she's not impressed, should be running 2.6!
You don't know much about women... by zoloto · 2005-01-03 12:02 · Score: 3, Funny

Impress her with the 2.6.9 kernel and you'll have it made