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Weblog by Tiago Boldt Sousa


Creative Zen + Linux

I’ve bought yesterday a Creative Zen. As a player, it is really good, as you can see in many reviews.

Despites that, I’ve had a hard time, managing to get it to work in my laptop with Ubuntu. Finally, I’ve came up with a solution. The comunication with the device must be done via MTP, so I’ve had to use the latest libmtp to connect it. The package included in the repositories is too old, so you have to download and compile it yourself. Here’s how.

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Refurbished Creative Players

With all the hype surrounding the new IPods announcement, I wonder, what makes an IPod Nano with only 4GB, costing $149.00, better than a Creative Zen Vision:M with 30GB, costing, refurbished, but still with quality assured and warranty, $149.99?

Any ideas?