Re: [tlug] mp3 player with embedded Linux

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

> I am not sure how it's going to look on that oh so tiny 1.7" screen, but
> the blurb seems to indicate that the device can run many other
> applications, such as Thunderbird and Firefox.  Of course the big
> difference would be that it's a Linux device from scratch as opposed to
> an ipod which has to be thoroughly hacked before it can do some of these
> things.
>
> BAB

Hello,

If your machines BIOS allows you to boot from USB then you can boot
directly into Linux off of the player. Sort of like Knoppix, but on a
USB device. It is in this environment I suspect you would use the
applications mentioned.

Regards, Keith