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More Linux Portable Media Players On The Way

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. So they run Linux ... by Anonymous Coward · · 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 · · Score: 5, Funny

      2.4! Dude, come on, of course she's not impressed, should be running 2.6!