I'm looking for a cheap, small mp3 player that I can put in a pocket or backpack and carry around with me. It only needs to hold maybe 20-30 songs, I'd fill it up each time before I left. I'd start hunting around online for one, but I don't know which you can pop in a USB port and easily work with under Linux and which are more tightly bound to proprietary Windows software. I haven't used an mp3 player before (even with Windows), so I'm not familiar with what to look for other than compatibility, and I thought I'd post here to see if anyone has any suggestions.

I knew there was a site like that for printers but not for mp3 players. Thanks!

You may want to look at iaudio. I have the iaudio X5L (Their 30gb HDD mp3/flac/ogg/avi player) and am very impressed with it. They have a U2 player that is pretty small and I believe pretty nice. It doesn't require any software to transfer to. Might be something to look into also since that site does not seem to list them.
http://onlinestore.cowonamerica.com/...TS&Category=40

I would recommend Apacer. It's way cheaper then the concurrence and offers the very same thing:

http://www.apacer.com/

I also think that all mp3 players would work with Linux. It's just a little hd after all.

I know that iPods and the Sandisk 256 MB player work well with Linux. I don't think they support Ogg, though. If you're just playing MP3s, they should be fine.

Some harddisk mp3 players _do not_ work under linux. These usually use Windows programs to transfer data to and from the player. If the mp3 player has some exotic features then avoid it.

USB flash memory players which say "No drivers required for Windows 2000/XP" should work.

I use a Phillips go gear.. has a lot of nice features.. FM receiver and VOX recorder and is a 1 GB capacity I have never had an issue or needed any software to make this work plug it in and your favorite music application should pick it up right away.. or I just open it directly ( folder view) and copy files that way... If I remember right this was like 80 dollars.

I also have 3 ipod's in the house they all work the same.. plug it in.. and it goes. Tho the ipod seems to need amarok or something to put the music on it in the proper format.. so I personally just stay away from propitary systems.

Just my two Cents.

I had a Phillips Go Gear for awhile and could never get it to work under linux, I finally gave it to my girlfriend and bought an iPod video and it works fine (well, it did until I was trying to zero fill my USB stick and accidentally typed /dev/sda instead of /dev/sdb... Need to get around to reloading the Apple firmware on it, I only caught my mistake a quarter way through, but it was already trashed). At least my songs are backed up on my hard drive. Anyway, I say just buy an older version iPod off eBay or something. They're pretty cheap now adays, and they certainly hold more than 20 or 30 songs, at least a few hundred. I use gtkpod to manage my iPod stuff by the way.

I bought a my ogg-player in Korea. Most players hear can be accessed with
the usb_storage module. But samsung for example uses different firmware
for its players in europe.

I recently purchased a mp3 player 'Onix' brand at an Aldi store for $15, 2Gb, USB. No problems, using sound juicer to extract my CDs. Sound quality is reasonable. Charge the battery before use. Includes earphone and USB cable.

I also wish to know of a good mp3 player for Linux. The suggestions thus far have been a bit too pricy for me.
I am looking for something that is at most around $50-60. It must be compatible with Linux. It must have at least between 4-8gb of storage. Ogg support would be nice. Most of my collection are podcasts so I would like some sort of bookmarking feature as well. Also, support for playlists would be nice. Any suggestions?

Any one of these should do:
http://www.google.com/products?q=mp3...dio&hl=en&aq=f

Just search for an mp3 player that is also a USB flash drive, then you know it must be compatible with Linux, because USB flash drives are compatible with Linux (except U3).

I bought one of these in Germany and it works great. It also said it supported Linux on the box, but others may not.