GPL'd Linux support for the Rio 500 is now available on both Intel and PPC platforms! The initial public release of v0.5 of rio500 support is now available at , released under the GPL. Rio500 support has coded primarily by Cesar Miquel , with font bitmap coding and testing done by Bruce Tenison and PPC porting and testing done by Keith Clayton . The Rio 500 support package consists of a kernel module for driver support, a static library (librio500) containing low level rio access routines and a number of command line utilities. These utilities will allow you to format the memory in your rio, add/delete folders, and add/delete songs. In order to utilize this package, you must be running a 2.3.x series kernel, with USB support compiled as modules or running 2.2.14 or higher with the 2.3.x series USB code backported to 2.2.14. Please note that this software is still under development. The authors are in no way responsible for any damage that may occur, no matter how inconsequential. Also note that currently, there is no support for flash cards, as the authors do not have access to any at the moment. We expect to add support for this as soon as possible. Compilation, installation and other documentation can be found in the included README file. Further information can be found at http://rio500.sourceforge.net or by visiting the project site at http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1944 A mailing list is now available. The list address is rio-users@lists.sourceforge.net For subscription information visit http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/rio500-users Important! Read the README before using this software! Enjoy!