<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert McWilliam</b> <<a href="mailto:rmcw@allmail.net">rmcw@allmail.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:29:38 +0000<br>"Kris Douglas" <<a href="mailto:kris@softdel.co.uk">kris@softdel.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi, a while ago I noticed a thread going on about the iPod Classic<br>> 160GB... Now I know, they're expensive and all that, so lets forget
<br>> all that flaming...<br>><br>> I was just wondering what the support in Ubuntu was like... Are there<br>> any things I need to look out for when I'm using the device on Ubuntu?<br><br>I'm thinking about getting one myself at the moment so have been
<br>reading up on the linux support: doesn't seem to be any problems using<br>the ipod but a few of the docs I've found say you need a windows or mac<br>machine to set up the ipod initially (formatting the disk, updating
<br>firmware etc.)<br><br>Before I do buy an ipod does anyone know of any other music players<br>with 60Gb or more of storage? Every other player I can find with that<br>kind of storage is aiming more at video so is bigger, has worse battery
<br>life and costs more than an ipod. If it plays FLAC and/or ogg it gets<br>bonus points.<br><br> Robert<br><br>________________________________________________________<br>Robert McWilliam <a href="mailto:rmcw@allmail.net">
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</div><br>I have to say thanks to you all, there is some valuable information here.<br><br>And no, i dont think there are any bigger than 30 from what i've seen, hence buying an ipod.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kris Douglas
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