[Cialug] Malware, Spellcheck and iPods (Was Re: LUG meeting tomorrow)

[David Champion]

Scroll down... that was my original point: "It works great with Linux 
out of the box."

I have a 2gb iPod Shuffle. I did get it working with Linux, I think it 
was gtkpod. I still use it occasionally, but I like the Clip much 
better. I'd sell it if anyone really wants it. :)

My previous MP3 player was a Rio Carbon, with the 5gb CF disc (yes, a 
spinning hard drive). It still works, but I thought the new Clip + was 
pretty nice, so I got it last week. Both the Carbon and the Clip "just 
work" in either Windows or Linux as MTP devices. You can use a media 
library program to manage them, but I'd much rather just copy files to 
them. My MP3 folders are organized by  /artist/album/songs (the way Grip 
makes them by default). The only big downside I've found with the Clip 
is it doesn't like the bare version of .M3U files that Grip creates... 
it wants the meta information, like what gets created in WinAMP. It also 
doesn't play songs in order if you tell it to "play all" of an album - 
Grip names all of the songs like 01_first_song.mp3, 
02_second_song.mp3... so I'll need to re-create all of my playlists.

-dc

Travis Schmidt wrote:
> never heard of a Sansa Clip.  Will it only work with Linux?
>
> --- On *Tue, 9/15/09, Josh More /<morej at alliancetechnologies.net>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Josh More <morej at alliancetechnologies.net>
>     Subject: [Cialug] Malware, Spellcheck and iPods (Was Re: LUG
>     meeting tomorrow)
>     To: cialug at cialug.org, dave at dchamp.net
>     Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 11:09 AM
>
>     This is why all web servers should be in a DMZ and only allowed on
>     good
>     ports (not that this matters to the good attackers).  It's also why
>     people should scan webservers regularly.  Recently, I've seen a
>     massive
>     uptick in the iframe attacks.
>
>     Regarding running words together:  surewedo.  ;)
>
>     Also, you are quite right regarding the Sansa Clip.  It is bigger,
>     better and cheaper than an iPod.  However, when the marketing guy says
>     "hey, want to give away an iPod?", the answer is not "How about a
>     Sansa
>     Clip"*, it's "Sure, thanks".  :)
>
>     * This answer leads into "What's a Sansa Clip?" "Can it be engraved?"
>     "What are the colour choices?" "Should we be doing something
>     differently?"  "Do we want to?"  "What is the branding impact of
>     such a
>     switch?"  and can waste hours and will result in my getting an iPod to
>     give away anyway.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     ---Dave Wrote:----
>     Speaking of malware... did you guys see this over the weekend?
>
>     http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/09/12/1413246/First-Botnet-of-Linux-Web-Servers-Discovered
>
>     Firefox does allow "spell check". Last time I checked... in
>     English we
>     don't just create new words by mushing several words together,
>     like they
>
>     do in German. ;)
>
>     For your giveaway, how about doing a Sansa Clip + instead? It works
>     great with Linux out of the box (no extra software needed: just
>     plug it
>     in, and it gets recognized as a storage device you can drag files
>     to),
>     and supports Ogg. It has a screen. It has a FM tuner. It has a
>     micro-SD
>     slot. A 4gb version is only $50. It beats an iPod Shuffle in just
>     about
>     every way.
>
>     -dc
>
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