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Passing on some recent deals I enjoyed recently on some linux-compatible hardware. I'm not affiliated in any way with either of these, just thought someone else might like to take advantage:
HP 8100/8150 series printers on e-bay: Currently several of these large-format, work-horse printers (many with *DUPLEXERS*) are available in KC for $340-$390 with $25 local pickup fee (not $125 shipping by freight!). I'm going to pick mine up tomorrow! :)
Search for "laserjet (8100*,8150*) within 75 miles of a KC zipcode if the following link doesn't work: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&fstype...
For the musically inclined, I recently got a good deal on an iRiver T30 from compgeeks (available in 512M for $30 and $1G for $50). These come with firmware that requires Windows Media 10 for subscription downloads, but they can be re-flashed to UMS firmware (looks just like a USB Memory Stick, readily supported by linux) using a supported iRiver update utility (ie: no hacking required!), *AND* these play OGG files, not just MP3 (I refuse to use the now license encumbered MP3 format, and rip to FLAC and OGG):
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=T30-512-R&cpc=SCH http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=T30-1GB-R&cpc=SCH
...they also have other flavors of iRiver devices available if you don't like the T30s, just search for iRiver. NOTE: I don't know if anything other than the T30s has UMS firmware supported/provided by iRiver.
iRiver info on switching between MTP<->UMS modes: http://www.iriver.com/html/support/faq/sufq_view.asp?searchProductIdx=&s... - -- Charles Steinkuehler charles@steinkuehler.net