Rockbox

i bought a used ipod and the first second i plugged it into a computer i started hating Apple (more than before that is) for the "cant be synchronized with more than one iTunes library" thingy. well luckily crackers,hackers,anons,nerds,whatever usually have come up with a solution for everything. thanks for this:

"Rockbox is an open source firmware for mp3 players, written from scratch.
It runs on a wide range of players:

Stable ports 

Rockbox runs well on these players, has a complete manual and is supported by the installer:

* Apple: iPod 1g through 5.5g,iPod Mini, iPod Nano 1g and iPod Nano 2g
* Archos: Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio
* Cowon: iAudio X5, X5V, X5L, M5, M5L, M3 and M3L
* iriver: iHP100 series, H100 series, H300 series and H10 series
* Olympus: M:Robe 100 * Packard Bell: Vibe 500 * SanDisk: Sansa c200 (not v2), e200 and e200R series, Fuze, Clip and Clip+ * Toshiba: Gigabeat X and F series"

if you need an alternative for itunes i can recommend this! (been using it for 10 minutes...)

oh yeah and thanks to the New Art Museum's very freely operating public computers with no user restrictions!!